MOTM

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.