They should've gone full maker-movement in the 2010s. I remember for a job I had building barge controllers, one of the design requirements was to use as many R

They should've gone full maker-movement in the 2010s. I remember for a job I had building barge controllers, one of the design requirements was to use as many Rat Shack parts as possible, and space them out, so that the technician could do a quick repair if needed. So the PCB looked like a corner with modern components on it, and then 30 square centimeters of, well, rat shack part sitting in sockets :)