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From: wcs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Faster busses are hard; can we do wider?
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.202329.20191@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
Date: 25 Jun 91 20:23:29 GMT
References: <1940@array.UUCP> <1991Jun21.195509.28579@parc.xerox.com>
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In article <1991Jun21.195509.28579@parc.xerox.com> minsky@parc.xerox.com (Henry Minsky) writes:
]>Cinch Connectors make a tangled-wire-bump called the Synapse that has
]>gorgeous electrical properties (.5 nH per pin) and they pack on 40 mil
]>centres, about 1 mm.  100 connectors per square cm makes massively wide
]There is one problem with the connectors; the fuzz buttons have an
]amazing affinity for human fingertips; the little wire balls tend to
]grab onto the whorls on your fingertips, and get pulled out of their

Misc.kids has been complaining for a long time that kids can't tie
shoelaces because they only know how to use Velcro - 
I guess some of these kids are designing computer hardware now :-)
-- 
				Pray for peace;		  Bill
# Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ
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