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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (154171)	3/1/2002 6:03:28 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Thanks for the tip on stop orders. I'll probably use them now I see some profit, but just after hour or so after the opening, and for the day only. Probably one of the biggest things I ever did as a process engineer was to use Perkin Elmer 140 projection aligners on bipolar IC's on an "advanced technology" (1980's tech here). I managed to smuggle a few batches through a "hi tech" digital line that had projection aligners for the lithography stages. It was done on absolute secrecy as I had been forbidden to do it by management, the digital guys only complied with my request because they wanted zero distortion calibration (checked using contact aligners). They had problems with their management too. So we did an "off line deal" over a few beers, in a non partisan environment -g- I remember well, one of the USA's premier automobile manufacturers had parking lots full of cars missing a prime component because of yield problems. Big wigs had all sorts of experts following up on the problem. Projection aligners were most unsuitable for fixing bipolar technology problems according to the prevailing "experts". -lol- It's the same everywhere btw, just in case you are wondering. So yeah, I have fond memories of Perkin Elmer when it was in the semiconductor biz.