MOTM

Since there is small break in the madness....... (kids home all week from school).

1) Thanks to the visiting/slave labor of Charles Stella from NYC, the assembled backlog is making
headway. About 35 pcbs of various modules are now assembled and tested, waiting for me to attach
them to panels. I still try to do 4 per day. This is the rate needed to ship the backlog before
Christmas. Chances are, I won't get it to zero. But, everyone will get *something*, you may be
short a module or 2.

2) I am running low on Tempcos. I ordered more, but will only get 22 out of 250 ordered :(  These
are also hand-made by little old ladies in New Hampshire. They don't rush too good. So, it looks
like about 2/3 of the '310s will go out at first, depending on if there is a last-minute Tempco
delivery by elves. These also go into 320, 420 and 440s. And the 23 VCOs on assembled backorder
(gack).

So, I will make up, and ship, all the '310s I can. If you ordered 6 or something, expect to see
like 2 of them in the first shipment. This is so I can spread them out as much as possible.

3) I haven't been shipping all that much the last 8 days, because Charles and I are soldering 10
hours/day on the backlog. Tomorrow, I am shipping 18 assembled modules to 4 different people, and
about 20 kits to 8 people. I will ship more kits on Friday. Note that '300 kits are out, and
heaven only knows when I can get more made. I also need to make up a small batch (12 or so) of
'850s. The other kits look OK for now. I suspect within a week or so, it's looking grim in the
stockroom. Old saying: "Can't sell apples from an empty cart." But the donkey pulling the cart is
heading for NAMM.

4) Please send me PRIVATE email if you (you know who you are) are still wanting NAMM badges at
$25ea. I have to turn the list in next week.

5) I haven't forgotten the new website. I can't seem to get interested in that with so much
shipping needed. So, that will wait until Christmas break. The Nov. issue of Keyboard beat me to
the punch, anyway.

That's all for now. Thanks for waiting for your stuff, and I'll keep you posted.

Paul S.