From: lynchaj at yahoo.com To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: RE:low cost prototype PCB vendor? Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:46:45 -0400 http://classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2010-April/285344.html [snip] 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