Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Circuit Implementation in Academia
Message-ID: <1989Jan14.082800.675@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <13260@cup.portal.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 89 08:28:00 GMT

In article <13260@cup.portal.com> rrr@cup.portal.com (Roger Rock Rosner) writes:
>o Are PCBs really all that popular in academia?  (I suspect more
>  wire wrapping and protoboarding is used.)

Not to be cynical or anything, but wire-wrapping is popular anywhere where
you can find dirt-cheap labor.  Students, for example.  Wire-wrapping anything
complex yourself is for the birds unless you've got at least a semi-auto
wire-wrapping machine ($$$$).
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