[sdiy] Future SYNTH-DIY

[Richard Wentk]

At 23:12 22/05/2005, Rainer Buchty wrote:

>Besides, it's not like the lead in there would slowly creep out and harm
>people like e.g. polychlorated biphenyls and the likes.

I thought the issue was landfill? A lot of electronics end up in landfill, 
which is a polite way of saying that it's in a hell's kitchen of all kinds 
of biochemical decay and corrosion. This is far from a chemically inert 
environment, and the last thing anyone wants is (e.g.) lead salts seeping 
into the water table.

>Another thing which IIRC will be ruled out are NiCd accumulators.

Same reasons.

>That might help the hobbyist, but not the one who wants to do business.

I think that's what I meant about the death of Synth DIY. This is a major 
pain for hobbyists, but it's potentially lethal for small-scale companies 
like Doepfer and Moog and the rest.

Richard