LOL!When you've got wire wrap headers for the tentacle interconnect . . . what else you gonna do?
Old guys rule!![]()
AFAIK, wire wrap was used and may still be used in the Aviation Industry, it's far more robust and reliable than soldered PCBs.
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Wire Wrap Is alive And Well!
Wire wrapping is an assembly technique long overlooked by the home hobbyist.www.nutsvolts.com
My CrapShack tool is the silver one in that link with the stripper stored in the handle. Pretty sure it's somewhere around here, but I much prefer the one piece stripper/wrap/unwrap tool.Wire wrap may be alive an well, but my favored tool came from Radio Shack, and they're long gone -- I think.
My CrapShack tool is the silver one in that link with the stripper stored in the handle. Pretty sure it's somewhere around here, but I much prefer the one piece stripper/wrap/unwrap tool.
Hey @trag Are you into computer project phase again? If not, have you got enough chips available for me to try my hand at hot air rework?Well in the thread with the 9600 schematic (and 6500 schematic) that joevt referenced above, I posted my thoughts. I concluded that you can probably just solder the chips I have in place of the existing chips, (matching pinouts) but the question is then exactly what you asked.
Still in yard work mode, although when I posted that in Sept. I wasn't getting a lot done. Did more a few weeks ago until we settled into deep freeze for a week. I've been weak for a couple of years. Don't know if I convalesced too long after lung pudding/covid and knee surgery in 2022, or if this is some kind of long Covid effect (don't know if I have Long, reading internet, don't think doctors know anything either, but weakness is a possible symptom). In any case, doing a couple of hours of yard work a day when it's not sub freezing is helping a lot. But that's about all I'm good for. Sigh. I used to do 12 hours of yard work, and be tired, but got it done.Hey @trag Are you into computer project phase again? If not, have you got enough chips available for me to try my hand at hot air rework?![]()
Kind of you. I think regular work outs is the way forward. I'm used to being able to step out the door and just run 4 miles without giving it a lot of thought, so current condition is weird, but perhaps inevitable given weight gain, age and intense sedentary desk jobs.Sorry to hear about being stuck in yard work mode with deficit in energy handicap, hoping better for you.
I'm jealous of your inventory system, mine's just picture of contents of color coded boxes, numbered heavy duty small moving boxes and standardized shipping display boxes with removable lids. Gotta update it too . . .
Please do not hesitate to ping me if I forget. I will not be offended.No hurry at all, my soldering/rework setup is in piled over with misc. project crap mode for a bit.