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- From: markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier)
- Subject: Re: Vector wire pencils (and wire-wrap, and ScotchFlex)
- Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
- Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 23:32:20 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan07.233220.4911@ssc.com>
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- References: <1993Jan5.035617.1065@cmkrnl.com>
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- jeh@cmkrnl.com wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan3.004714.27542@softwords.bc.ca>, jmacphai@cue.bc.ca
- : (James MacPhail) writes:
- : > You guys are aware of ScotchFlex, right? If not, check it out. It is made
- : > by 3M (and thus tends to be considered over-priced by some).
- : >
- : > It is composed of IDC forks that go through the perf-board from the
- : > wire side, and DIP sockets that plug on from the component side. The
- : > forks stand out about 0.1" and will take 2-3 layers of wire. Wiring,
-
- Three wires is pushing it. The first experience a coworker had with
- this, he overloaded a fork, and the wire on the bottom got broken.
-
- : I think ScotchFlex is *great* for prototyping and debug. It is FAR more
- : convenient than WW for debug -- because it's a lot easier to change. Of
- : course
- : I'd never ship a product, not even a one-of-a-kind, that used it -- but that's
- : not what it's for.
-
- Seconded. The wires are also vulnerable to breaking with a side to
- side motion, as the IDC fork has scored them. I find a prototype to
- be good for about an month of messing around, and then it gets flakier
- than you can stand. But since I figure it to be 5 times faster than
- wirewrapping, it's worth it.
-
- Do Robinson-Nugent and Vero still make competitive stuff? They were
- both in the form of pin/sockets that had to be staked into a laminate.
-
- Mark Zenier markz@ssc.wa.com
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