Some of these developer devices get 'destroyed' and sold as scrap. dosdude1 has ...

		epakai on Aug 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sal... Some of these developer devices get 'destroyed' and sold as scrap. dosdude1 has restored some of these kinds of devices to working order. There's pretty neat video of the restorations: ARM Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reQq8fx4D0Q iPod Touch dev board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLCt6oHPTQM The PCB repair technique for the DTK is pretty cool on its own.

That first video appeared on HN with some discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40422359