25 Dec
2015
25 Dec
'15
1:29 p.m.
On 12/25/2015 01:10 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
OK, I misunderstood you. No, I have never seen one of
those that was
not a turned pin type.
TI also sold some wire-wrap sockets (gold-plated to their credit) with
"forked" type contacts which were welded(?) to the wrap posts. They had
the annoying habit of separating the post from the contact fork if
stressed too much. Made for some frustrating debugging.
I learned my lesson early on--use Augat sockets. Your time is worth
more than the expense.
--Chuck