On 4 Sep 98, Jon Johnson wrote: > Joanna > > Rule of thumb a two layer reduction can yield between 10-20% reduction in > price, however 6/6 spacing should not be a cost adder to most PCB > manufacturers. A reduction of 4 layers i.e. 12 to 8 should justify the > use of buried and blind via technology to achieve this layer reduction. I DID say it was early. It just dawnes on me that Steve meant 4 layer/6 layer. It's gonna be a looooooooong day, isn't it? The scary thing is I tend to drive to work in this state. û¿û To those in the US, have a delightful holiday weeked. And to those outside of the US - pbbbbbbbt - we get Monday off! :-) JoAnn L. Amerson Design Librarian Red Lion Controls, Inc. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Voice: (717) 767-6961 ext 6308 Thought for the day: We should seize every opportunity to give encouragement. Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. -George M.Adams ################################################################ DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################