Re: RAMFast D problems

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message gaWdnVQ1yuWevPXVnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@comcast.com">news:gaWdnVQ1yuWevPXVnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Henry S. Courbis wrote:
> > Hello.
> > 
> >>Yes, my apple SCSI rev C and Apple high speed SCSI have cables firmly
> >>attached: that could be annoying in the evenience of cable damage.
> > 
> > Exactly!  I've had to replace a few of those.  When I do so I always add a 
> > Box Header so the SCSI Cable can be removed/replaced at will.  Stupid that 
> > they soldered it to the board.
> 
> But if you think about it, a SCSI card is most likely to stay put and
> have its connector firmly attached to the backplate.
> 
> Of the thousands manufactured, if only a few ever had cables damaged,
> then it would have been silly to add another connector (and its issues)
> to cover very few actual replacements.
> 
> This is a very similar argument to the one for soldering ICs to the
> board instead of socketing.
> 
> Everything in engineering is a tradeoff... 

Especially when producing 30 at a time, eh, Mike?   8>))) 

Bill Garber from GS-Electronics
http://www.garberstreet.com