Ok, I took your guys advice and re-designed the board
for 300/600 28 dip.
Basically I just put a 300 dip inside a 600 one.
I attached a png for reference.

I think I'll do a run of these at seeed studio since its so cheap.
Probably give some these away and see if anyone else can use them.

On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 02:59 +0000, Andy Eskelson wrote:
>   
> Yes,
> 
> :-)
> 
> They comm in all sorts of package, including .3, .6 and TQFP among
> others. AVR's , like PICs, are a whole range of processors not just
> one.
> So you can pick and choose the type and package depending on your
> needs.
> 
> Andy
> 
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:00:10 -0800
> rocko <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > BTW are the AVR atmega chips .300 or .600?
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 15:05 +0000, Donald H Locker wrote:
> > > 
> > > Alternatively, one row at 0, one row at 0.300" and one row at
> 0.600"
> > > Then there are only three rows of drilled holes with capability
> for
> > > both row spacings. (saves some drilling)
> > > 
> > > --0 O--O--
> > > --O O--O--
> > > --O O--O--
> > > --O O--O--
> > > --O O--O--
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > Donald.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Andy Eskelson" <[email protected]>
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:27:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
> > > Eastern
> > > Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Pluto's not a planet, it's a proto
> board!
> > > 
> > > If you add another row of pads each side of the 20pin DIP you
> could
> > > then
> > > use the wider 0.6 spacing chips as well. You just fit the correct
> > > socket
> > > for the chip you want to use. If you wanted to make the board able
> to
> > > switch between the two chip sizes, then you could use single in
> line
> > > sockets, but I was thinking more along the lines that you would
> use
> > > the
> > > board for one type of chip, and just fit whichever socket was
> > > required.
> > > 
> > > Andy
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:25 -0800
> > > rocko <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > AHA! so it's the spacing between pads/holes
> > > > kinda thought so.
> > > > Putting the sockets inside one another was my first thought.
> > > > 
> > > > I've took your advice and re-designed my pluto board.
> > > > Added a 20 pin DIP and changed the layout a bit. 
> > > > It's only slightly larger about 8.5 sq inches.
> > > > I uploaded a pic.
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 01:34 +0000, Andy Eskelson wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > 
> > > [snip]
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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