On Mon, 07 May 2007 22:33:44 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Mon, 07 May 2007 18:10:03 -0500, the renowned John Fields
wrote:



Long before CAD came on the scene, these were my two best friends:



The logic template was the bugger and the eraser shield was the
debugger.

...

I posted it here (abse) as "Eraser shield and friend."

What's that round thing in the top slot, a drop of solder flux?

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Nope, a reflection from a glass of Chardonnay in the background. :-)
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Here's a photo of the kind of thing:
http://www.danielsmith.com/products~...24+090+010.asp

It's also an inexpensive source of small bits of SS shim stock. ;-)

Hmmm. speaking of solder, Digikey seems to have jacked up their prices
of 63/37 Kester '44' to *double* that of Mouser ($28/lb rather than
$14/lb). Seems a bit much.

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Damn! "Insane" is more like it. Maybe they're buying it from Mouser



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JF