Earl,

Someone will have to "wake up and smell the coffee"!!

Designing large expensive boards is not reliability effective.
Most forms of rework, repair, and even some types of touch up cause more damage then it's worth.

Some contracts now call for 10+ years of maintenance free use. Can't get there with reworked units!!!

Think small, sealed, and throw away!!!

David A. Douthit
Manager
LoCan LLC

Earl Moon wrote:

> In the early to mid '80's did a thing with the Air Force out in CA. Called
> in to explain how to rework/repair/modify, with emphasis on REWORK, then
> .050" pitch stuff. I told them you couldn't yet. They didn't like it so we
> set about to design a REWORK plan. Still couldn't do it and the Force, be
> with you, said they'd scrap the boards in favor of new designs.
>
> History repeats again but what really matters? Is performance and
> reliability the key issue or rework?
>
> MoonMan
>
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