The august/september was the dates!. Also the first few months were a learning experience for TANDY ftworth as they didn't know how to properly handle mos devices, inline QC and do testing non destructively. The early yeilds were horrendously low! The dry air and mishandling ment most of the mos and much ttl were no good by time the were in the board or were killed on the board. I vaguly remember saying when I saw the way things were beign done "you have got to be kidding!" and several people stated investigating ESD procedure and manufacturing QC. Allison