[sdiy] Way OT - Who's the oldest?

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Tuesday 26 February 2008 14:42, prcamann at aol.com wrote:
> 54.  Been doing electronics as a hobby since the early '70s.
>
> Used to build circuits on perfboard using Solder-Eze wire (like
> wirewrap but the heat of the iron melted the insulation for a good
> solder connection).  A spool of that and the associated wiring pencil
> and I was good to go.  Whatever happened to it?

I remember reading about that stuff in some magazine or other,  along with a 
couple of other "wiring pencil" type devices,  I may even have one that's 
designed for wrapping,  though I don't know where you'd get the particular 
small spools that thing seems to need.  I can't say I've ever run across the 
stuff you refer to offhand,  or perhaps I did and it was a bit on the 
expensive side compared to using plain old ordinary hookup wire.

I was wondering about it lately,  though,  and if it was still available...

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