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From: wiz@xroads.UUCP (Mike Carter)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: cross parts
Keywords: parts,transistors,chips
Message-ID: <688@xroads.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 89 06:24:14 GMT
References: <5024@charon.unm.edu>
Reply-To: wiz@xroads.UUCP (Mike Carter)
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Organization: Crossroads, Phoenix, AZ 85046
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Regarding the call for a software based parts cross reference; 
 
I hail any company that DARES to come out with one. I'd pay some good bucks
for it even (and if you know me..I'ma  *GENUINE SCROOGE*).
I was glad to see Motorolla come out with their data disk and in fact I have
personally talked with the lady in charge of the project and with the
programmerer (an independant company employee) to make some changes and
enhancements which I was told we'd be seeing when they distribute their
Linear IC and Digital IC data disk(s).
WHat I'm getting to is that I called this guy and told him he should contact
some of the "generic" cross match manufacturers and coax them into 
buying a program that will do what they did to motorollas parts for their
own.
He seemed open to the idea and was going to call SAMS PHOTOFACT (their
general replacement guide is reasonably generic) ...
I made an initiative and called the Weenie-in-charge at ECG.
I dont say WEENIE lightly. This guy thought it an insult that I'd *DARE*
suggest the mere idea. "There'll be nothing like that as long as I am in
charge"
Perhaps we're looking at some MAJOR protectionsim here. I think also they
reap some major profits from the sale of their cross indexs to suplliers and 
gullible techs who actually *pay* for them.
("Pay for it? I work for ********* -> insert company name here .."and we do
soooo much business with you guys..whaddya mean PAY FOR IT????"   ;-)  )
 
At any rate, yes it would be *very* lovely to get a disk library and a
database capable of cross matching and indexing parts with type, rating, use
and parametric finds....but that would be too  wonderful nice and make it oh so too
easy .......we'll stay with the paper chase method until some bright, daring
and quite ingenious programmer has the balls to write such a beastie.
Until then, may the protectionsit slime get crushed while walking past my
parts library as it falls on them.
I hope someone drops 3 years worth of I.C. masters on their heads from a 5
 story building etc etc etc etc etc....
 
	-In hell
 
			
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