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a) I will ship a few orders tomorrow (Monday) but then will not be able to
again until Saturday. The MOTM-960s are in, I will ship orders with them
first.
b) There are also a few orders waiting for rack rails, those will also go
out.
c) I started making up the kits. I now recall why I stopped making
kits....man it is that ∗tedious∗. I am making 2-4 extra for each kit that I
can (ie that I have parts for) and will put the extra kits in the cart later
in December. It will all depend on the Euro modules and when they actually
come back from the board stuffer. I plan to start shipping ∗some∗ of the
backordered kits on Monday the 14th. I might start running low on the
prepared wire, I've been dreading that because that vendor is no longer in
business and so far the other 2 local wire companies have been 50% higher
than the old prices when I quote. I might have to spend time/effort in
sending out global quotes to China or something in order to get decent
prices.
As side note, I think it's really sad that prices of 'simple' things like
switches, pots, knobs and wire have ∗tripled∗ in the last 12 years, while
'really complicated' things like DSPs, ARM processors and Flash memories
have dropped by 3 times in the last 2 years or so. I've even noticed the
lowly TL072A op amp has gone up about 40% in 2 years because, well, who
needs op amps anymore?
d) speaking of the kits: rather than going back and updating all 16 manuals
to reflect parts changes over the years, I'm going to generate 1 'READ_ME'
PDF file that I'll send out with every kit order that will explain (with
photos!) the newer parts used in some places (mostly the pots and the '320
LED).
Paul S.