Source of many colored wire

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/18/00 3:36:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mgranger at greenville.infi.net writes:

<< My method for getting a decent number of colors of hookup wire is to get my
 hands on leftover portions of rolls of multi conductor cable. I managed to 
get
 lots of surplus 9 and 12 conductor 22 gauge cable that used to be in our
 building for serial computer cable applications. I spend some of my spare 
time
 stripping the outer vinyl jackets off, and I use the 9 or 12 different colors
 for my projects. It works for me. >>

Computer cable is a great way to get different colors...The key to getting 
all the wire you need is to find it, not buy it...I've done cleanouts for 
several companies, and after one I had enough wire to fill my car to the roof 
4 or 5 times....Telephone cable, mostly...the big 50 conductor stuff, nice 
solid 22 gauge with 50 different colors..

Chris

Also, I've been reading a book lately that might be helpful to a 
beginner...it's called "Build Your Own Home Lab", by Clement Pepper. It's got 
a lot of examples of various analog and digital circuits in it, including a 
voltage-to-frequency converter using an LM311. Very informative, if you can 
tolerate the typos, mistakes in the text, and general sh*tty layout..(text 
refers you to a diagram that you passed 2 or 3 pages ago.) A bit of a pain to 
read, but lots of good info.

Chris Hoaglin (not an expert yet, but going to Northeastern this fall to try 
to become one)