[sdiy] cloning, copying, copyrights

[Tom Arnold]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:10:55PM -0500, harrybissell at wowway.com wrote:
> "Tired of PTH troubles ??? .... try EYELETS"
> 
> Last gasp for a dying technology.  We used to use them where flexible
> wires entered the PCB, and for calibration points (you soldered in
> additional resistors or capacitors...)

Heh.  My dad has stories about going to Hobby Stores and buying brass
Portholes ( for model boats ) to use for through-hole eyelets...  they came
off the same exact manufacturing line as the "proper" parts but cost way
less.

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