On Jan 4, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Gene Buckle wrote:
Now it's
time to solder the isa connectors to the 2000 motherboard.
It's the scary part for me. :-)
Does anyone know why the connectors were left
off the board in
the first place? It seems kind of silly since they went to the
effort to route the signals and have the holes drilled.
To save $0.50 per slot, I'd imagine.
You think they'd save even more by not placing the traces to begin
with...
Urr? There's no significant incremental cost there. I'm sure
it's calculable, but it'll be in the hundredths of a cent.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL