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In article <736@ssc.UUCP> markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes:

   > techniques.  What comes to mind are things like an article I once saw in
   > Byte, in which the author discussed his practice of bending the pins on
   > wirewrap sockets outward, gluing the shoulders to the prototyping board.
   > This allowed wires and components to be on the same side of the board,
   > saving space (a problem in his application).  

Speaking of wire wrap hacks : I don't know if this is original, but my 
circuits usually involve both DIP chips and discretes. Small discretes
like 1/4 W resistors, plastic transistors, small caps, can be directly
inserted into a wire wrap socket. If they seem insecure, a touch of
solder (before inserting the socket into the board) keeps them in place. 
The larger components (such as 1N4000 series diodes and large caps), I 
directly wire-wrap to. That is, I insert the device into the board, 
without the benefit of a socket. It's certainly not as good a contact
as wrapping to square posts, but  it's usually adequate. 

Anyone else have more WW hacks ? My biggest problem is getting the right
length of wire. I've been disappointed with a couple of wire strippers, so  
I use precut lengths. Anyone know a reliable wire stripper ? 

   ... Midnight Engineering ...
   I have to agree.  Some really neat stuff, weighted down with a
   60 percent load of articles like  "You too can achive yuppiedom if you
   follow the 7 fold path of Correct Marketing".  Makes the noise
   level too high.

Well, the stated goal of ME was to help engineering entrepreneurs, not 
being a strict hobbyist magazine. I've gotten some useful stuff out of
the non-technical articles in ME. 

Regards, 

/ Jon Sreekanth

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