> >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.

That's a nifty idea... use sand and oil, or something similar... but how do
I convince the slurry to move?  The brass tubeing will likely be the part
that gets abraided.

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

Also viable, but I doubt that the casing of the cerdip would hold up to the
vibration and pressure.

--Brendan

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