MOTM

>it's just that i've never yet found a source of 0.156 spaced stripboard
please someone in the UK prove me wrong...

Well, they used to make 0.15" Veroboard a while back. Don't think they
make it anymore. Some of the old shops might still have it. Whats that
place near you Paul... Bardwells?? But, I don't think it will cope with
the extra 0.06". Although the MTA headers have thinner diameter pins
than the square Molex pins too, which makes a difference if you are
trying to force it into ordinary Vero.

I have made my own stripboard in the past too. Take a bit of ordinary
copper clad board used to make single sided PCBs. Cut into the copper to
get eight parallel lines with a sharp stanley knife. Use a hot soldering
iron to take out every other lane of copper to give you four even
tracks. Beware it can also take out your fingers.... trust me, I've been
there.

OK, its a bit of a hassle (and can be painful), but if you get stuck on
a weekend, it may be a lifeline.

Cheers,

Tony