[sdiy] Re: [AH] Possible availability of more CEM parts/uA726s

[David Cornutt]

On Apr 13, 2005, at 8:18 PM, Kevin Lightner wrote:
  [responding to me]

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>> The EML 101 was built with nearly all mil-spec parts.
>> Lots of industrial computers are also built with mil-spec.
>> It's doable as long as the designer sticks to off-the-shelf
>> parts; it will be more expensive, but not outrageously so.
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> Regardless of parts, EMLs weren't built to mil-spec standards.
> That's where the money adds up.
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True enough.  As Tim pointed out, the money is mostly in the
process, not the parts.  The extent of record-keeping and process
documentation required is what makes military and space
work so expensive.  And besides, no commercially designed
synth ever made would survive the qualification testing.