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Can you relate your issues with Advanced Circuits, just
so others who
might want to use them might be able to take it into account?
Jim
Hi Jim! Please don't get me wrong, I *like* Advanced Circuits and they've
been great. I wish I was wealthy enough to do all my boards with them and
surely would were I in business. Of course, the N8VEM project and the S-100
boards with John from
S100Computers.com are basically self funded hobby
projects and on "shoe string" budget. I really can't afford AC's
premium
quality boards though I wish I could.
The trouble is with my ability to order boards from the AC website. Their
special deals are internet only which is fair but when I try to upload my
files to the AC website I get errors and cannot complete the order. The
people at Advanced Circuits have been great and I have no complaints but for
the last few orders I've had to call them and basically "finesse" my orders
into the system using phone calls and email. I can see that is going to get
old quickly and soon AC will run out of patience with me. Then I am screwed
and need a new way to get prototype PCBs.
I've worked with their IT people and the local sales rep to figure out the
problem. They say the file upload connection is timing out someplace like
there is a bad link between my network and theirs. The weird thing is that
I can upload files to
freeDFM.com which is also an AC free service as much
as I want and it works reliably. Frankly, the whole problem makes no sense
to me.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch