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by dfox 2058 days ago
One thing I find fascinating about modern Amiga scene is the amount of various adapters and clever connector solutions (PLCC sockets mounted upside down and such).
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Yes, such as the Vampire v2 accelerator card. http://apollo-core.com/
An upside-down PLCC socket? I'm having trouble picturing what exactly that would look like or how it would even work... can you link to a photo?
This may help you picture it.

"In the A600 the CPU is soldered directly to the mainboard and cannot be removed. Thus the only way to install it is to clip it over the CPU, using a PLCC socket placed upside-down. PLCC sockets are not meant to be used this way, so this is really a bit of a hack and might not even work in all cases. Space around the CPU is quite limited, hence the odd shape of this board."

https://github.com/SukkoPera/OpenAmiga600FastRamExpansion

Definitely not contemplated during the design/spec of the PLCC socket, I'm sure!