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From: mf3a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Finkelstein)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Prototyping with surface mount
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Date: 10 Apr 91 16:05:55 GMT
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>I have a couple of chips I want to play with.  One of them is
>a DIP with pins on 50 mil centers (half the standard spacing)
>and the other is a flat-pack with gull wing leads on 1 mm centers.
>
>Are there any sockets or adaptors to allow these to be wire-wrapped,
>or do I have to build a circuit board?

I have have the same question, and am also interested in adapters or
wire-wrap sockets for 68-lead PLCC's.  I know JDR and Jameco electronics
both carry something called a PLCC "carrier", but I don't know if a
"carrier" is what I'm looking for.  Any ideas?

--- Mark Finkelstein
     mf3a+@andrew.cmu.edu