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- From: jtw@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (jui-tai.wang)
- Subject: Re: Zero Insertion Force (ZIP) sockets
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 22:43:06 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.224306.27633@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- References: <Bz9Kru.4Hz@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
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- In article <Bz9Kru.4Hz@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>, schao@monet.uwaterloo.ca (Stewart Chao) writes:
- > So how new or old is the idea of ZIF sockets? The machine is
- > at least 3 or 4 years old.
- When I first started working 6 years ago, I've been using "ZIF" socket
- for 32-bit micro-processor chipset on testing boards days and nights.
- I will guess the only difference between now and then for "ZIF" socket
- is really number of pins and layout it used (well, don't expect different
- chips to have same pin layout and pin counts!)
-
- In my opinion, "ZIF" socket is something that belongs to labs that get brought
- to users without modification, and it happens to be a nice one in PC world.
-
- If anyone try to find cutting-edge technology, PC is not the place (probably
- except graphic and multi-media)...well, even "local bus" is just something
- that have been used in minis and main-frames for years already. PC however
- does make these once cutting-edge technology more available to us :-)
-
- My 2 cents.
-
- Richard Wang
- Standard disclaimer: above does not reflect any opinion of my employer :-)
-