At 02:01 PM 8/6/02 -0700, you wrote:

>Well, I've got 12 8748s at home that I'm beginning to think about
>scrapping because they just don't have the program space for me to be
>bothering with them...  They're ceramic 40-pins though.  Not exactly
>easy to drill a hole in.

Brass tubing chucked in the drill press, silly putty or equivalent to
build a "dam" on the surface, suitable abrasive slurry will work.

You could also try the carbide spade bits available at Home Despot
etc. but I'm not sure they would work.

Best regards,

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