MOTM

In a message dated 6/15/99 3:30:38 PM, synth1@... writes:

>The MOTM-420 filter will be delayed until I can replenish my wire supply.
>I
>
>visited the new wire provider today. He is supposed to get back with me
>
>Friday AM. I offered an incentive clause to speed things along.
>In all likelyhood, the *best* I can see is July 1 for the MOTM-420. The
>'320
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>and
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>'410 are most likely July 20th. The reason is now Bourns is dragging their
>
>feet

HI Paul,
Sorry to hear about your frustrations! BUT, if that's the only hold up for 
the 420, can I request mine without wire?

<snip>

>last year I speant about $140,000 buying parts for MOTM + TI.

<snip>


OUCH!!! But in fairness, that's about what I spent on beer last year!


>Only upside was this wire guy has ALL of the necessary equipment to make
>
>CUSTOM MOTM PATCH CORDS!!
>So, send me your desires: lengths, cable type (I'm going by memory, by
>I
>think Mogami (SP?) and Caldre (sp?)
>are supposedly 2 high-end ones). He can imprint 12 characters either on
>the
>wire OR on color-coded heatshrink.


I'd go for "MOTM KICKS ASS" but that's just me. 

On a more serious note, I would suggest colored heatshrink for each of seven 
cable lengths (one for each color of the spectrum) such that the color 
parallels the length; i.e., the longest cables red, and the shortest cables 
violet. I've found it a very useful visual reference to have my Pomona cables 
sorted by length; unfortunately they use the counter intuitive red as the 
shortest length and blue as the longest.

More later!
John B.

>I may talk to another wire vendor tomorrow to see if I can get them to
>provide the '420 wire in less than 3 weeks.
>The first guy *may* come back and quote " standard 4 weeks, but we'll try
>to
>speed it up" which means
>"if Mr. Cement Truck calls up, you are screwed"
>