Jaca wrote: > I didn't get wire wrap date joke though (Assuming it was joke.. I'm one > of those pesky eastern europeans ;p so you know )
>From the wiki page on wire wrap: "Wire wrap construction became popular around 1960 in circuit board manufacturing, and use has now sharply declined. Surface-mount technology has made the technique much less useful than in previous decades. Solder-less breadboards and the decreasing cost of professionally made PCBs have nearly eliminated this technology" so it was a joke, and it was a reference to the fact that I used to use it....in the 80's :p. Hence the joke about dating myself. But, when I started working on prototype PCB's, wire wrap was on it's way out and we had a ton of the wire laying round. As long as it doesn't have to handle much current, it's great for pcb mods and repairs. You can pre-shape it, put a bit of solder on the landing pads, place the wire and just touch with a soldering iron. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115905 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
