[Coco] A question for all you hardware hackers out there...

[tim at franklinlabs.com]

I'm looking at continuing the development of a CoCo hardware project I started a
few years or so ago. The project is FPGA based and will use a medium density QFP
chip (284 pins). My question is; how do hobbyists manufacture low quantity PCB's
that have such a part or even BGA components? Soldering devices are just not
practical and there doesn't seem to be a viable remote carrier that I can find
that will allow the part to be installed on a PCB without it being installed by
a professional board house.

There's gotta be a better way. PLCC's were a good alternative but the densities
on current FPGA's are beyond the PLCC relm.

Any ideas or suggestions????