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Re: Vector wire pencils (and wire-wrap, and ScotchFlex)

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From: John Paul Morrison
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 01:00
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In article <PHR.93Jan5182317@napa.telebit.com> phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) writes:
>In article <1993Jan5.035617.1065@cmkrnl.com> jeh@cmkrnl.com writes:
>
>   I think ScotchFlex is *great* for prototyping and debug.  It is FAR
>   more convenient than WW for debug -- because it's a lot easier to
>   change.  Of course I'd never ship a product, not even a
>   one-of-a-kind, that used it -- but that's not what it's for.
>
>   Yes, the cost is relatively high on a per-DIP-socket basis, but
>   everything except the wire is easily re-usable.  ie you can pull
>   the wires off the back of a ScotchFlex board MUCH more easily than
>   you could pull wire-wrapped wires off of wrap posts.
>
>Ok, N different people have told us that stuff is great but expensive.
>Now just how expensive is this stuff and where can I get some?
>


OK, so it's good, but just what *is* it? How does it work?
Nobody I know is familiar with it, so can someone describe the system
and the parts etc.

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From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
Subject: Re: Vector wire pencils (and wire-wrap, and ScotchFlex)
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Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
References: <1993Jan3.004714.27542@softwords.bc.ca> <1993Jan5.035617.1065@cmkrnl.com> <PHR.93Jan5182317@napa.telebit.com>
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