Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gotcha. I should know this stuff. When I was in college I had a summer job working on a line making circuit boards. Actually, silkscreening the green stuff that masks out the silver for the solder. I'm sure no one would consider making such a thing now, twenty years later, for some outdated old thing. Poor M6. (Don't get me wrong; I love the '6) ;-) Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Frank Filippone Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:37 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] M[67] ramblings Kit... electronics parts.. specifically the chips... are made on a process line. When the manufacturer closes the line, it is like trying to make a 1949 car in 2003.... impossible because all the process steps are wrong. While this is a worst case scenario, the best you could do right now is to purchase the chips while they are available.... the alternative is the PC board with chips on it..... Regardless of 20 years of production, the chip business is such that typically within about 5 years, the chips just can not be built any more. Leica probably buys sufficient spares for several years... but remember that a gear can be made any time in the future... a chip can not. Close/alternative Replacements are impossible. I will mention the final alternative... scavenge parts form another body. This is done even for the LTM cameras.... Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html