[sdiy] interconnects

[Tim Daugard]

From: "Mike" <profpep at hotmail.com>

> IIRC, a good crimped connection forms a cold weld at the joint, and a good
> crimp pin has an insulation support section, to help stop metal fatique
> breaking the core. Both crimp and wire wrap, (one of the best logic wiring
> systems ever - most mainframe backplanes were wire wrapped),

. . .best, at least, until a short melts the wrapped wire inside the Teflon insulation is
a wire three wraps down and eight inches long. Then finding the bad wire and repairing it
means hours (and hours) of troubleshooting and some time to make the repair.

Tim Daugard
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