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Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?

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From: Steve Fenwick
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:43
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In article <i39nbd$m5c$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
 "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote:

> Steve Fenwick wrote:
> > In article <Xns9DC91AB3EABD0HHI2948AJD832@69.16.185.247>,
> >
> > It might be a regionalism, or a Britishism/Americanism. In over 20
> > years I've never used, or heard used, "soldering pencil" in a lab in
> > the U.S., although I am familiar with the term. It's always been
> > "soldering iron", whether a giant thing to solder heavy cables, or a
> > tool suited to tiny ICs and SMT parts. Metcals are generally the best
> > I've seen for small devices; they put a high temperature (typically
> > 600 to 700F) into a very very small area very quickly (80W output).
> >
> > Steve
> 
> C'mon, you never heard of a soldering pen?
> Buffalo

I've heard the term, but never used by me or techs in a lab.

Steve

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From: Steve Fenwick <nospam@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
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