IPC volunteers are currently developing a design standard for PC cards 
(PCMCIA), but it is not moving along very fast. We had one member ask the 
question "why are we developing a separate standard for these? They are 
virtually the same as rigid printed boards, but on a smaller scale."

Perhaps the committee has discovered this, and thus explains the waning 
interest in developing the document.

IPC does not have any effort underway to develop a fabrication spec 
specifically for PC cards.

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On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, teik wrote:

>      
>      Dear Technet:
>      
>      A customer of ours has been asking if there is an industry spec that 
>      specifically addresses PCMCIA board manufacturing. So far we have been 
>      using standard specs like IPC-A-600 or customer specs.
>      
>      What do most PCMCIA board (PCB)manufacturers use in terms of 
>      fabrication specs?
>      
>      Does anyone have experience with Motorola or IBM divisions that use 
>      PCMCIA and what type of specs do they go by?
>      
>      Thanks.
>      
>      Teik M. Ng
>      [log in to unmask]
>      PC World
>      Toronto, Canada
> 
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