MOTM

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Paul Schreiber wrote:

> In MOTM, I try as hard as possible to use "off the shelf" parts, but
> in electronics, there are no guarantees anymore! DIP packages are
> S L O W L Y going away. DIY will die in 10 years as they all dry up.

  Yes and no.  The military uses incredible quantities of DIP-packaged
stuff, and changing the standards that form their vendor design
requirements is *very* tough to do.  So, DIPs will be around for quite a
while yet.

  --Scott R.

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