MOTM

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Paul Schreiber wrote:

> doesn't warrant sockets. 10 years from now, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET
> DIP ICs ANYWAY so it's sort of the point of diminishing returns.

  This bothers me.  How are the esrtwhile 10 year-olds going to learn the
ropes of circuit design and general tinkering if they have to have a
$350,000 SMT auto-insert station to assemble a board?  An entire culture
rooted in solderless breadboards and point-to-point wiring on perfboards
is going to die in a single generation.

  I grieve for the hobbyist in 2024.

Crow

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