Great post Wes
73 Craig AC0DS > On 10, Mar2020, at 9:40 PM, Wes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Before I retired the second time I was managing a small group of components > engineers. Several of my guys worked full time on parts obsolescence issues. > "Lifetime buys" sound like a good idea until you run up against the > procurement and QC people. Try managing inventory of pricey Mil-spec parts > for 10 or more years, maintaining QC traceability. Not easy and when you > finally need them you'll find they were thrown away after the last > reorganization. (I never liked the word reorganized, as it suggests that you > were previously organized, something that I never found to be the case.) > > BTW, several sources will still sell you a MC68000. > > Wes N7WS > > On 3/7/2020 6:02 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >> You can always emulate the US Department of Defense if you'd like ... it's >> called a "Lifetime Buy." When the airplane builder's contract finally ends >> and he no longer is required to stock parts, the engineers and logistics >> folks decide on the further lifetime of the airplane fleet and buy enough >> parts to keep it flying until it will be retired to Arizona which might be >> in 20 more years. >> >> A lot of folk believe that science and engineering are the same thing. >> They're not. Engineering is science coupled with economics, logistics, >> mathematics, fabrication, maintenance, supply chain management, and a host >> of other trade-off's, sometimes including labor relations and law. Bell >> Labs "invented" the transistor. Companies like TI, Fairchild Semiconductor, >> Intel, Motorola, and AMD put them in the marketplace and they get to stop >> making them when something better comes along. See if you can find a Moto >> 68000 replacement for your old Mac. [:=) >> >> My K3 is S/N 642, and has been upgraded multiple times. I think it's about >> 10 years old and I think Elecraft has done a very good job compared to what >> the other guys do. I'm a little in awe that Elecraft has been in business >> long enough now for the inevitable to be happening. >> >> 73, >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
