evanderploeg@creo.bc.ca wrote:

> Why use crystals?  To satisfy our anal-retentive personalities which,
> though knowing very well that the customer will never notice his 60 second
> delay taking 60.3 seconds, still forces us to shoot for 60.0 seconds.

And anyway, the price difference between a crystal and a resonator can't
be more than about 50 cents - we pay the equivalent of about US$0.70 for
a crystal - I don't know what a resonator is worth, but I can't see it
being less than 20 cents.

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