Date   : Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:43:04 +0100
From   : julesrichardsonuk@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: modern BBC remake

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
>> Message-ID: <4f050833d0info@...>
>  
> Sprow <info@...> wrote:
>>> Are we talking acres of surface mount stuff here, or a more traditional
>>> DIL design within the realms of the home constructor?
>> 0.5mm pitch surface mount is in the realms of the home constructor isn't it?
>> Or is that just me?
>  
> Yes, it's definitely just you :)

I'll admit to soldering a few chips of that sort of pitch once in a while 
using a soldering iron with a good tip, but it's not something I'd like to do 
on any kind of large scale!

I suspect there's a fair few of us on here who could handle soldering normal 
DIL stuff, but I would have thought the number of people with the patience / 
tools / experience to work with any degree of SM is pretty low. (which 
probably makes offering a kit of bits for any hypothetical "new beeb" a bit 
pointless)








-- 
"What progress. It's almost as good as taping it... on tapes which self 
destruct in seven days."

   - Bill Bailey on the BBC's "watch again" service