PLAN B analog blog

Just out of curiosity what's the deal with Cliff jacks?  Are there reliability issues with them or 
is it (as it seems below) mainly a supply issue?


--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "(i think you can figure that out)" 
<peter@...> wrote:
>
> The mini milton, like all new products (outside of ELFs) will have the
> new jacks thus will be of the thin variety.
> 
> Unfortunately I'll still need Cliffs for ELFs.  There's no option
> there and trust me, I wish there was as they are still a source of
> constant aggravation.
> 
> I was successful in getting them to stock the good jacks (after two
> years of whining), and to keep our supplies coming I followed their advise and placed a 
18,000 piece blanket order over a year's time...and they still can't seem to deliver regularly.
> 
> Finally got a shipment in last week which we needed ...and there were
> 25 pieces in the envelope.  25 pieces. So yeah, they're a joke. plus
> they cost four times as much as the new jacks which have a superior
> design to put it mildly.
> 
> 
> - P
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, Don Kim <dkimcg@> wrote:
> >
> > Will this module also be thinner than the older PlanB modules with the
> > paralel boards instead of perpendicular?  It seems with the Model 15
> > getting thinner (I finally saw a Rev 3 M15 at Big City), and the
> > thickness of the joystick, the PlanB line is maybe getting thinner?
> > i.e. thinner cases...  No complaints here, I like the slimmed down
> > look.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:32 AM, (i think you can figure that out)
> > <peter@> wrote:
> > > After some thought, I have decided that the Mini Milton will not be
> > > microp based. Instead we're calling on the original design, a
> > > variation of the circuit used in the board kit which was released some
> > > years back. So not analog as all sequencers are digitally based, but
> > > done with individual logic chips with some design innovations which
> > > were not part of it's first edition.
> > >
> > > The main consideration here was price. It's my intent to offer an
> > > affordable alternative for multiple sequencers within a single system
> > > and I'd like to release this module at around the same price point as
> > > the Model 15. Given that most o, i's incorporation with the 21C
> > > translated to more parts, more cost with no additional performance
> > > benefits.
> > >
> > > it's on the bench now, board art in progress.
> > >
> > >
> >
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