7 Jun
2006
7 Jun
'06
12:59 a.m.
On 6/7/2006 at 1:07 AM ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote:
Over here there were wiring systems solder under the
brand names of
'Verowire' and 'Road Runner'. You had a 'pen' which contained a
spool of
enammeled copper wire, the enammel was designed to melt at soldering
temperatures. You soldered the ICs/sockets/etc onto square pad board, and
rand the wire between the pins. soldering as you go.
The verowire tool was much nicer as it had a metal tip. The road runner
tool tended to melt if you weren't careful.
I think that Vector briefly offered a similar system here. I don't recall
the name.
IIRC, this preceded the Strip-n-Wrap system that was offered with a tool
that cut small slits in the very thin insulated wire, so that it would
contact the corners of a square wirewrap post. This (ostensibly) was
wonderful because you could daisy-chain your wraps without cutting the
wire. It never worked that well for me--the connections weren't really
tight, the wire was expensive, and the insulation was very very thin.
Cheers,
Chuck