Sometimes I wish I'd continued to be a hardware hacker
Turned out the blocked pin spot is just superficial and soft plastic and can be drilled out with a 1/16" drill and there's actually a pin socket hiding underneath, so you don't gotta drill far at all to expose it. WIN. -PurpAv
Now that is truly a win! Ha!
Sometimes I wish I'd continued to be a hardware hacker, but it got so complicated so fast it was like learning automotive mechanics and then cars went all computerized... Couldn't today replace a broken chip leg with a soldered-on piece of fine wire like I once did... these were the big, steam-powered chips...
Get off my virtual lawn...