Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: PC board jumper ideas?
Message-ID: <1990Dec4.180950.5785@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1990Nov30.032401.27217@cascade.Stanford.EDU> <1990Dec1.073320.4342@hayes.ims.alaska.edu> <1990Dec3.142612.304@mlb.semi.harris.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 90 18:09:50 GMT

In article <1990Dec3.142612.304@mlb.semi.harris.com> jws@thumper.mlb.semi.harris.com (James W. Swonger) writes:
>Another alternative is to buy some sockets like the Augat DIP sockets which
>have the pin completely enclosed in a metal tube (unlike the cheapies which
>are just folded springs) and carefully remove the pin inserts from the plastic
>body.

What you want are sockets with "machined contacts".  Incidentally, you can
get the socket pins separately, but the complete sockets may be easier to
find from hobbyist sources.
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