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jeffj@krfiny.uucp (J. Jonas) writes:

>With a heavy sigh I agree that overall, craftsmanship is dying.
>I have taken apart electrical appliances since my teens and it's getting less
>and less satisfying.  Taking apart a big tube TV was a wonderful puzzle
>of interlocking parts, large chassis and spaghetti wiring.
>A lot of hand work.
>I took apart a VCR recently.  It snapped apart, the case being
>mostly plastic.  Where was the fun in that?
>There was very little I could salvage.  Too many application specific parts.

       But that IS a form of craftsmanship.  The fine detail in modern
electronics is superb.  The tolerances on connectors are far tighter
than they were in 50's gear.  Fit and finish at the board and connector
level is very tight in much modern gear.  The level of engineering design
that goes into, say, a VHS caisette shell, is well above anything seen
in '50s packaging.

       A Swatch watch is magnificent as an exercise in design for 
manufacturability.  You need a microscope to appreciate it, though.

					John Nagle