22 Jun
2010
22 Jun
'10
11:36 a.m.
It is worth noting that Dave and I's experience is
that the people who =
want the P112 kits typically don't want to diddle with SMD components. =
If I bought something described as a 'kit' and found that some (not even
'most') of the components were pre-soldered, I would return the kit and
expect a full refund. It's not as descrbed. A 'kit' means I get to build it.
Not everybody is comfortable with SMD parts (I'm
not, and I've been =
building kits for 30 years), and the P112 was designed to be a painless =
Yes, and we had the same arguments when PCBs came in (replcing chassis
and tagstrip wiring). Things change (not always for the better, but I
digress).
I really don't see what all the fuss is about doing SMD assembly by hand.
I never had any problems with it at all.
-tony