Rumor has it that Ethan Dicks may have mentioned these words:
>On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:04:49 +0000, Michael Holley
><swtpc6800_at_comcast.net> wrote:
> > My goal on the Tic Tac Toe machine was to build an exact replica of the
> Don Lancaster 1971 design.
>
>Nice... I'm intrigued enought to consider it myself. It'll probably
>take a bunch of parts scrounging, though. Were you planning on
>laser-printer transfer film for the PCB?
Gawd, I hope not... :-O I tried that dren *many* a time, and it just
doesn't work. You'll spend more time retracing the traces that didn't trace
by hand than if you'd have done it with those wacko little RadioShack
templates and a burnisher!
Oh, did I mention that it's rather expensive for what you don't get? Last
time I checked, it was around $15 for 5 sheets - when it takes 3 sheets to
almost maybe make something work...[1]
If you're time is worth more than $0.50USD per hour, it's cheaper (and much
easier) to invest in a decent hobbyist 'photo-developer' kit.
www.circuitspecialists.com has good prices on decent 'lower-end' equipment;
well, a lot higher-end than that laser-crap. As usual, the lawyer shiznit:
I have no affiliation with them other than a one-time satisfied customer
due to a google search.
Well, that's my take anyway... Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
[1] OK, maybe I'm being harsh -- maybe I was using the wrong equipment. I
*heard* (but I'm no laser printer specialist or anything) that any printer
that uses 'microfine' toner needs more heat to do it's job. The two
printers I tried were an HP laserjet 5L and my QMS MagiColor 2+ [2] --
Maybe the printers damaged it in some way, but when they say "any laser
printer" dammit, it should mean any...
[2] Out of the 2 sheets I ran thru the QMS, one didn't feed, the other
wouldn't transer at all -- maybe from the Fuser Oil that's necessary on
those color lasers??? A little warning in the instructions: "Fuser Oil No
Touchie" would've been nice... ;-)
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