[sdiy] Virus alert
Gur Milstein
gur_mil at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 6 16:22:10 CEST 2003
Hi List .
Today i gut a e-mail with the subject "Mseq" which contain a Virus , i also
gut e-mails from others on the list saying they gut it too .
So if you see a message with the subject "Mseq" DON'T OPEN IT , DELETE it .
The interesting thing is that this message use text written by me and P.S
from many years ago , i wonder where the poor sender gut it from 0-:
Cheers
Gur Milstein
ANALOGIC Analog Control System
www.analogic-acs.com
>From: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>
>To: "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.qinetiq.com>,
><synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] "obsolete" 2N3906
>Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:45:18 +0200
>
>
>hey paul,
>
> this is where the musicians have a say as well as the techs..;-)
>i have always felt that one of the reasons old analogues sound better,
>fatter, more alive, etc is because of their big parts, so to speak. most
>seventies synths inside have big citcuit boards with thick traces, and
>enormous size parts compared to today. now technically this may sound
>rediculous, but i think there is a relationship between this and the sound
>of a synth. so making everything smaller in my view alters the sound, and
>generally not for the better.
>
>ruud
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.qinetiq.com>
>To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:16 AM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] "obsolete" 2N3906
>
>
> > Grant,
> >
> >
> > > You will notice those are both TO-92 packages. This is just a
>continuation
> > > of the process of eliminating through hole parts and forcing everyone
>to
> > > switch to surface mount. This was to be expected the day surface mount
>was
> > > announced.
> >
> > hehe, paranoia?
> >
> > > If you can sell 0.1 gram of plastic and 1 gram of plastic for the same
> > > price, your going to phase out the 1 gram part. Surface mount is much
>more
> > > profitable to the parts manufacturers because of the reduction of raw
> > > materials used while maintaining the same end selling price.
> >
> > agreed, it makes good business sense, but whats wrong with progress?
> >
> > Also from a DIY point of view with PCB costs based on area, does it not
>make
> > sense to switch to smaller parts?
> > Soldering surface mount parts is NOT hard, especially
>transistors/resistors
> > (go for the 1206 stuff to start).
> > Surface mount ICs can take a bit more effort, but with practice surface
> > mount soldering is a *LOT* quicker.
> > I can solder a 64pin TQFP in about an quarter of the time I can solder a
> > 40pin DIL.
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
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