I went back to Firefox. Deleted the letters jpg at the end of the "
http://www.delorie.com/electronics/sdram/sdram-toppcb.jpg" URL, then typed them back in and hit enter and got the pcb pic to show up.
Mike
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Malcolm Parker-Lisberg <mparkerlisberg@...> wrote:
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> --- On Wed, 8/5/09, DJ Delorie <dj@...> wrote:
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> From: DJ Delorie <dj@...>
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Need better reliability than I am getting with toner transfer - what's next?
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 12:53 AM
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