In a message dated 8/28/98 9:22:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<< several times that translates, literally, into "compound component" or
 >"composite component," referring, apparently, to a chip that contains, for
 >example, 4 passive elements with 8 pins. There are also references to
 >building these components into the boards themselves through a thick film or
 >thin film process. >>

Happy Friday ya'll!!

       Wouldn't this description be of a resistor network? It is kinda' funny
how things get literally translated.

        I remember seeing the first piece of new Fuji equipment getting
forklifted off the truck and reading a small fluorescent sticker near the area
where power goes into the machine: CAUTION: EARTH MACHINE BEFORE
OPERATION!...I sat and stared at that for a minute trying to understand what
they were trying to say, and then it clicked, "Ground machine before
operation..."   (GRIN)

-Steve Gregory-

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