In your message dated Monday 9, December 1996 you wrote :
>      SMOBC
>      Funny, no one has thought to mention that it may be the 
>      Fabricator's application for the defect. Is that not a 
>      possibility?
> 
The HASL process normally used to produce SMOBC is a pretty severe test of 
solder mask adhesion unless these have not been HASLed. Maybe they are 
Nickel/Gold or some other finish. As others have noted, we still crave more 
complete information as guessing in the dark is not much help.

Paul Gould

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