On 11/22/02 09:03.26, revwillie said...
Also, tiny holes could be drilled through the
pads if they are not overlapping other traces
in a multilayer PCB. This would permit a header
to be soldered in. I suppose a rectangular hole
in the rear of the case would give adequate access
to the pins.
There are a lot of places to get the same six-pin connector in a bent-pin surface-mount version. That would eliminate the cahnce of drilling something that shouldn't be, slipping, etc. It would be as easy to solder, if not more so.
