I'd be glad to hear your version of what a spec should contain, so that the
entire industry could use it.

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        From:  Chris Robertson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:  Monday, February 26, 2001 9:41 AM
        To:  [log in to unmask]
        Subject:  [DC] When and where?

        I don't pay much attention to where the IPC council meetings are
        held, or much anything else in that matter.
        Everything IPC, I feel that what I have to say, (along with most
        people that use IPC) is a bit moot.
        I watch this server for lively discussion on standards and such,
        but am still disgusted by the unclear verbiage of IPC specs.
        I'm ready to attack this topic.

        First, I would like to ask, where is there a council meeting
        in the southeastern region?...and when?

        Second, I would like to ask others;
        Do you feel that IPC does nothing to address fabrication
        questions in relation to what we should specify?

        Are there books diluted, as so there will be more of them....
        to sell?

        Are the books infamously unclear?

        Don't give us a table in a book, so we may copy and draw little
        lines to figure values. Neither does an online calculator help
        those with limited inet access or none at all.
        (Give me your formulas and I'll make a stand alone calculator for
        all of the tables if I need to)

        Address fabrication with better clarity and address the different
        levels of fabrication.

        It seems that the current specs are no more than a dressed up
        275 spec. I'm sure that allot is being done, but designers
        as a whole laugh about IPC specs for these reasons.

        I don't mean for this to sound like a rant, but most that I speak
        with cite these reasons for their discontent and non-conformity.
        It has to be said......

        Chris Robertson
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