[sdiy] where to get 3M Scotchflex sockets and strips?

[Oren Leavitt]

Scotchflex is definitely a blast from the past!

Nowadays with memory on-chip with the CPU and single pin serial 
interfaces commonplace, there just isn't demand need for such a 
prototyping aid.

- Oren

On 7/27/20 6:58 PM, Doug Jackson wrote:
> That is a beautiful prototype system.
>
> Just as an aside, it looks like your prototypes suffer from the same 
> issue mine do - they lose their 1488 and 1489 chips to the sands of 
> time as other projects need them.   :-)
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> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 8:41 AM Kenny Balys <kenny at beatkamp.com 
> <mailto:kenny at beatkamp.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Sure, here is a Scotchflex prototype.
>
>     Typically, when one was trying to build something that was going
>     to be alpha'd forever, then the 3M press strips would be soldered
>     directly to sockets on the bottom of the perf board. The wire
>     is the exact same stuff used for wire wrapping. Dabs of epoxy
>     would be used to bundle everything together.
>
>     Its very handy.
>
>     In the case of microprocessor designs, all of the boring, normal
>     and necessary stuff like the ROM/RAM/decode logic/clock/UART/Interrupt
>     Controller/VIA, etc. had to be banged off fast. This is where the
>     Scotchflex is amazing.
>
>     A prototype would be worked until it was perfect.
>
>     Of course, its not possible to do a commercial release based on this
>     stuff. A wire wrapped board, on the other hand, is fully releasable.
>
>     I am still coming to terms with this era being over as of yesterday.
>     Similarly, I always thought it was fancy to one's own circuit
>     boards printed and now I am going to do just that.
>
>     I somehow missed the news.
>
>     On 27.07.20 22:28 , Jay Schwichtenberg wrote:
>     > All I get when I try to google this is packing tape and presses
>     for 0.1" ribbon
>     > connectors.
>     >
>     > Could you give a picture, data sheet or URL on what you're
>     talking about?
>     >
>     > Thanks
>     > Jay S.
>     >
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