[sdiy] Ahhh...so I'm not the only one...

[John L Marshall]

Wire wrap machines exist. They do a really great job. Tally manufactured a 
key-to-tape device that had a large machine wire wrapped backplane. It was 
reliable.

Take care,
John

www.sound-photo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Lanterman" <lanterma at ece.gatech.edu>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Ahhh...so I'm not the only one...


>
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Bob Weigel wrote:
>
>> maybe there's a good reason when you think about it.  I mean...wiring 
>> is...kind of common to pretty much all the functions in the machine.  And
>
> I remember reading somewhere that the Apollo guidance computer (which I 
> think came up on this list recently) was all done with wire-wrap, and then 
> epoxied.
>
> I remember spending many an hour with a wirewrap tool in the senior 
> digital design lab at Wash U. Mine always looked like a bird's nest - but 
> there were some folks in the class who could get it really tight.
>
> - Aaron