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- From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
- Subject: Re: Vector wire pencils (and wire-wrap, and ScotchFlex)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.010010.20487@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <1993Jan3.004714.27542@softwords.bc.ca> <1993Jan5.035617.1065@cmkrnl.com> <PHR.93Jan5182317@napa.telebit.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 01:00:10 GMT
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- In article <PHR.93Jan5182317@napa.telebit.com> phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan5.035617.1065@cmkrnl.com> jeh@cmkrnl.com writes:
- >
- > 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.
- >
- > Yes, the cost is relatively high on a per-DIP-socket basis, but
- > everything except the wire is easily re-usable. ie you can pull
- > the wires off the back of a ScotchFlex board MUCH more easily than
- > you could pull wire-wrapped wires off of wrap posts.
- >
- >Ok, N different people have told us that stuff is great but expensive.
- >Now just how expensive is this stuff and where can I get some?
- >
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-
- OK, so it's good, but just what *is* it? How does it work?
- Nobody I know is familiar with it, so can someone describe the system
- and the parts etc.
-
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