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At 2:46 AM -0700 5/25/99, Stew Benedict wrote: > Hey, I missed the details of the mod! I don't think I've seen this >problem with my plex, but it'd be good to add to the old folder just in >case. it wasn't posted. I'm going to put it on the website, I'll let you know when it's there. For a lot of units it was done at the factory before it shipped. So if you don't have the problem, you probably don't need to worry about it. >I lay out circuit boards as one of my careers. Yes it is a bit >easier with software. In the "old" days, I used a special tape and mylar >film, stacking up layers of film for board layers, working on a light >table with an xacto knife. You used to have to refer to the schematic(s) >a lot to keep track of what's connected where. Now the software does >that for you. It is a rather enjoyable task for me anyway. An almost >artistic aspect of the design process. They used to do ICs this way too! PCB design is a bit of an artistic talent. Takes a certain type of creativity to visualize the best ways for all the traces to route around the board. On the complicated stuff I do these days, practically all of the PCB gets hand routed (instead of autorouted). The layout designers we use do seem to be a bit arty, and have this great intuition for sorting a lot of it out in their mind as they go. I've heard many say it's a lot like doing a painting. It's all done on software programs, of course, but without the human involvement it's a disaster. the autorouters are no substitute... kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com