In article <3A23026B.D4B23171@sci.monash.edu.au> you write:
>I am really pushed at times when requested to produce a prototype
>circuit and the only variants available are SM devices in such
>physically small packages. On most, if not all occasions, this requires
>a costly printed PCB be made to accommodate these devices. The prototype
>would function just as well on a VERO board or simple matrix board.

There are small PC boards available to mount one (or a few) surface
mount components and connect to a prototype board via a row of pins
on .1" centers.  (sip style)  At a couple of dollers each, they arn't
cheap for what they are but could solve your problem.  I've seen them
at Frys and in the Newark and/or Digikey catalog.
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