> I am almost certain that I have seen cheap, brown,
> production single sided boards that did not have
> plated holes populated with components whose
> leads are impossible to bend as MC suggests.

Made in China, most probably.


> May have been a VCR?

More likely cheap radios, toys etc.


> In the SnPb days, I helped built single sided non-PTH
> boards with DB25 connectors. Hundreds were built,
> and as far as I know there were no failures due to the
> DB25 losing connection.

The "DB25 losing connection" failure due to single sided soldering is
very hard to reveal because it is not 100% losing connection. It may
look and measure fine even if a pin is getting loose in the SnPb cone.
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