"Greg Mayman" bravely wrote to "Roy J. Tellason" (30
Mar 04  09:33:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "{at}%^{at}#$%^ VEROBOARD"

 GM> I've worked with computers and solidstate stuff for over 30
 GM> years, and I would rather trust my life to mechanical relays than
 GM> solid state...

I think you have a misplaced trust in electro-mechanical devices.
Mechanical relays will eventually wear out and stick or a piece of
dust or other contamination blocks the contacts. OTOH a solid state
switch does not wear out nor get dirty. What else is there to say!?

 Mike
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