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a) All of the '485 kits should ship out this week. If it gets to Friday and you
don't get a 'happy email', please contact
me off-list.

b) My sheet metal is 2 days past due and tomorrow I'm throwing a Class 5
hissy-fit. I can get 250,000 transistors on 1 chip for $5
but can't get a piece of painted sheet metal in < 6 weeks for $14. Maybe I
should have taken metal shop 25 years ago :(

c) I am slogging through all the back orders, making sure nothing 'fell in the
cracks'. Bear with me for a week or so on the VCOs.

That's about it for now, lots of modules shipped the last 2 weeks (over 80) and
I hope you are all playing with your '485s.

Oh....

d) The MOTM-810 VC EG is a 'semi-kit'. I will make the pc board SMT, with ∗just∗
the SMT parts stuffed. You
will still solder the pots, jacks, wires, etc. There are just too many parts to
be practical (~90 resistors, 16 diodes, 18 transistors).
Also, SMT will keep the price ∗lower∗ because I can stuff them all at once in 1
day and not even have to buy a single part (all I
do is hand the assembler a stack of boards and a BOM and some $$$). The design
is in my CAD system, JH has to proof-read the schematic.
Then I can start the layout, which will be ∗after∗ I start the '650 production
layout, which is ∗∗∗MONDAY∗∗∗ (yippee).

Paul S.