One of the very first large systems I worked on had a couple of wire warp boards, The boards had edge connectors.
On the top side of the board were rows of chip sockets. I am guessing sockets were 10 x10. Each socket (again from memory ) was 16 pin DIP. Next to the sockets was a row of wire wrap pins. Of course chips mainly when in the sockets but they also had carriers for any needed caps and resistors. The board was pretty much all digital.
I don't recall if they built the whole thing up from a perf board and solder all the pins and sockets in place or they purchased it as such.
Does anyone else recall such a thing existing? Does it still exist?
Wire wrap had its issue but wow when it cam to troubleshooting it sure came in useful. It was pretty easy to just be able to isolate a circuit by unwrapping it.
On the top side of the board were rows of chip sockets. I am guessing sockets were 10 x10. Each socket (again from memory ) was 16 pin DIP. Next to the sockets was a row of wire wrap pins. Of course chips mainly when in the sockets but they also had carriers for any needed caps and resistors. The board was pretty much all digital.
I don't recall if they built the whole thing up from a perf board and solder all the pins and sockets in place or they purchased it as such.
Does anyone else recall such a thing existing? Does it still exist?
Wire wrap had its issue but wow when it cam to troubleshooting it sure came in useful. It was pretty easy to just be able to isolate a circuit by unwrapping it.