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

[Kenny Balys]

What is strip board? That does sound like something I would like.

The 3M scotchflex socket system was eye wateringly expensive.
It made a lot of sense when prototyping digital bus based systems.

I made a lot of Eurorack size cards for GESBUS/Half VME, etc. that
would be alpha trialed before an actual PCB was made.

The comments here so far show that most of the reasons for its existence
are now gone.

Now, about this strip board, is that a wire wrap thing? Or is it "push to
clip & contact" like the 3M stuff?



On 28.07.20 17:46 , Jay Schwichtenberg wrote:
> Wow!
>
> Must of missed those when they came out. Have done a lot of wirewrap, some
> slit'n'wrap and tried the thin wire you wrapped around pins and soldered.
> Thought I've seen it all since I've been around since terminal strips and tubes.
>
> Maybe strip board might work for you. Some people like it and some hate it. I
> like it.
>
> Good luck on the search.
> Jay S
>
> On 7/27/2020 3:41 PM, Kenny Balys 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.
>>>
>