gEDA-user: [pcb] "first board" docs

[Dave N6NZ]

Congratulations!  You win the "humor challenged slow reader" award for 
today :)

-dave

Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Dave N6NZ wrote:
>>> I've been pondering the "your first board" chapter of the getting
>>> started guide.
>> 555? People still use them? They cost as much as a whole  
>> microcontroller
>> these days.....
> 
>    All the time.  I used one in a commercial design two years ago.   
> They're still cheaper than microcontrollers...less than $0.25/ea in  
> single-unit quantities, going down to $0.10/ea in quantities of a few  
> hundred.
> 
>    Further, the advantage of reduced complexity is pretty obvious.
> 
>           -Dave
>