[sdiy] New synth DIY site ?

[Paul Schreiber]

> You think I'm joking about the relays? Let me tell
> you: I was once part of a team that made a Central
> Track Control system for a railroad. It used about
> 10,000 8PDT relays. You could estimate how many relays
> were picked up by how loud the power supply was
> buzzing. All those relays sounded very .. well .. very
> sci-fi channel.
>

HA! I designed a 672 channel telephone SLIC system (analog phone to T1). Each channel had 6
Aromat relays (3 for line, 3 for remote testing). That's 4032 per rack. The average central
office had 64 racks or 258,048 relays. Aromat sales rep always has a new Mercedes and $1400
suits. Hmm........

Paul S.