Oxymorons... (was: It's almost there

From: Martin Marshall <martinm_at_allwest.net>
Date: Sun Sep 15 12:09:00 2002

Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
> At 14:32 09/15/2002 +0000, Peter Turnbull wrote:
>
> >Actually, they're usually zero-ohm resistors.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I'll have to add that one to my list of: "OTP-EPROM", Military Intelligence
> & Microsoft Works... :-)
>

I thought the refernece to a "zero ohm resistor" was a joke when reading
instructions to modify a Sun mouse. When doing the mod, there really
was a "0" smd resistor on the board. I presume a zero ohm resistor is
used so that it can be placed with automated smd assembly.

Martin
Received on Sun Sep 15 2002 - 12:09:00 BST