[sdiy] backplane connector recommendation?

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Paul Perry at 11/02/11 10:11...
> DIY gold plating?
> It isn't easy, isn't cheap, and requires very toxic chemicals. I've seen it 
> done.
> Further, if you plate pure gold - all you can do, really - note that pure 
> gold is very soft, as metals go.

There is a not-very-toxic DIY version (industrial uses cyanides) but I'm 
pretty sure that it would strip off the moment you inserted the board 
into the socket. (And it's still expensive.)

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Matthew Smith

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