ODP: DIL package disappearing? (was: CA3046 replacement)

[Martin Czech]

:::For me DIL (can I say DIP?) can die! They are only space wasters.
:::I use DILs only when there's no SOIC available ;-)
:::SMD boards look so cute, and are small.

Yes, and should you grab a bad part, it is also good fun to desolder ;->
Sorry for the ironic answer , just couldn't supress.  I know that every
now and then a chip is/becomes bad. Especially when poking arround in
test circuits. And so I always use good sockets. SMD means: no sockets
(there are sockets, but they have severe problems). This is the bad
thing about SMD.

m.c.

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