partial P112 kits

On Jun 21, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Tony Duell wrote: I'm not convinced either way on the "reliability" angle. And, I think decreasing the amount of lead in my diet is a good thing, so I'm "okay" with the Pb-free solder nowadays. In my experience of making and selling kits, a lot of people think "hey, if I do that myself, it will make it cheaper." Dave and I have gotten a couple of inquiries along those lines over the years, so I'm heading off that objection in advance. I misspoke: the parts are actually QFP as Dave corrected me. However, given that the board's design is for surface mount parts for the CPU, the FDC, and a couple of discretes, it might require a board redesign, which Dave has indicated to me he's not interested in doing at this point (except for fixing a few of the quirks in the previous rev). And I don't blame him. See my earlier comments about N8VEM: if you want through-hole, there's better designs than P112, double that if you want something more anachronistic. P112 is a more modern design using circa 1995 components. I'll repeat my earlier comment: I think we actually have some blank boards from a previous production run. If people really want a 100% DIY kit, I think we can make arrangements. I don't have any parts kits (you'd have to talk to Dave for those), but I could let the boards go for a pretty reasonable price. E-mail me offlist if interested.