Designs (was Re: OT: how big would it be?)

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Wed Oct 20 14:07:25 1999

>A SMT unit *might* be interesting... I can get all the PCBs done I want for
>free (must have some kind of standard blocks) but the SMT building might be
>difficult. Can the new pick and place machines handle TO-3s [not on tape]? I
>am sure I can find a surplus lot of a few thousand NPN/PNPs for pennies.

Sometimes the cheapest man ends up paying the most :-(. When you
get to designs like this, you have to have some rational scheme for
pre-testing your parts before you start stuffing giant PCB's. DEC was
quite proud of their part and module testing machines, and with good
reason!

I'm pretty sure that Poly-Pak's main source of parts was the reject bins at
DEC and DG :-). (I can't be the only one here who remember Poly-Pak, can
I?)

Tim.
Received on Wed Oct 20 1999 - 14:07:25 BST