On my ongoing quest to become SOIC skilled, I went to my favorite hobbyis= t's=20 electronic store today and got a dozen 74LS244's (SOIC-20) for 10 cents e= ach! =20 Then I found some PCB's with lots of SOIC-20 and other SOIC pads on it. = Was=20 asking the guy how much for one, and he said take all 10 for 50 cents. S= o a=20 buck seventy, and I have 9 boards I won't use. Send me an address and I'= ll=20 send you one free (just the board, not the chips)... to the first 9 peopl= e. =20 See pic at... http://www.narwani.org/neil/stuff/soic_board_02.jpg Cheers, -Neil. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics