Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Vero-wire circuit prototyping system Message-ID: <1988Jul10.204154.27989@utzoo.uucp> Keywords: vero wire prototype Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <187@lithium.kcl-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 88 20:41:54 GMT If possible, before diving heavily into this system, test to see how well the vaporizing insulation really works. When I experimented a few years ago, I wasn't impressed: soldering heat didn't seem to remove the insulation nearly as reliably and completely as I would have liked. Personally, I concluded some time ago that there is no way I am ever again going to build a substantial circuit by any hand-wiring method. It's too #@#%$ much work (unless you can hire a flunky to do it), and too error-prone. Now, I admit that since making that decision, I haven't tackled any large- scale digital projects (in which the two-dimensional nature of PC boards starts to make trouble); we'll see how it goes next time I try one of those. The small-scale stuff I've done has not presented any problems in PCB layout (although I may be biased because I find the problem of routing a well-packed board to be a fascinating challenge, sort of like a technological jigsaw puzzle, and I seem to be good at it). -- Anyone who buys Wisconsin cheese is | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology a traitor to mankind. --Pournelle | {ihnp4,decvax,uunet!mnetor}!utzoo!henry