Mark said > On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 10:16:34AM +1000, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: >> That wire wrap tool is identical to one my dad had in his CE toolkit > > I ... should take it from this that people don't just *own* these anymore? > > This was an "essntial device" in my younger engineering days. Sigh. > > Yes, I still have it. Yes, I have used it (albeit not recently). Yes, > I have used the Gardner-Denver electric tool as well, although in those > days I never could have afforded it.
I am not sure whether you meant "don't just own" or "just don't own", but the last time we used it was to wire wrap a 2716 eprom programmer S-100 board we designed (ok, he designed, but I helped build it) back in about 1981/82 or so. I haven't seen or thought of it since then, but seeing it in the photo instantly brought back the memory of it. I have some of the tools, others have gone missing, for instance the large tool bag at the rear of the first photo on https://slx-online.biz/hursley/ce-data-list.asp?hur_archive=2 But I do still have the tool bag identical to the one in the foreground, in the same russet brown colour but the zipper canvas has dry rotted.
