*** Resending note of 01/21/97 20:28 I have heard the IPC-RB-276 has been obsoleted. My comments on this matter is also no reflection on the place of my employment but rather my opinion as a new TECHnet user and an Engineer that has a lot of paper rework now! In my years of manufacturing I discovered the key word for productivity enhancements and efficiency was "STANDARD". The more you could standardize the better changeovers were and throughput. SYNONYM of STANDARD: Noun: - BENCHMARK, CRITERION, GAUGE - FLAG - MODEL, BEAU IDEAL, EXAMPLE, EXEMPLAR, IDEAL, MIRROR, PARADIGM, PATTERN, PHENOMENON Adjective: - AUTHORITATIVE, CONCLUSIVE, OFFICIAL, SANCTIONED - ROUTINE, CUT-AND-DRIED, FORMULAIC, STOCK I read on the IPC-RB-276; A standard developed by the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits. I hope these new bad boys are not a mythological "buzz idea" but a revolation from a rut like the U.S. Standard railroad gauge is in.