13 Aug
2006
13 Aug
'06
5:48 a.m.
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:34:21 -0400, William Donzelli wrote:
> Really?? That was before my time (born in
'69)...I had no idea
> people whined about the advent of PCBs.
Yes, but just like the SMT issue, it was mostly because
people were
not us9ing the right tools. Early PCBs were crap - no wonder their
200W Wen soldering guns lifted the traces.
--
Will
THen there were those that that mounted vacum tubes on PCB's and the circuit heat of
the tubes
lifted traces over time. Not to mention carbon trails and arcing around load resistors
mounted too
close and cooked the boards. PSB's were not reliable untill the advent of transistors
!
Bob