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Old 25th Jan 2017, 07:07
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ImageGear
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Ohh Dear - pull up a sandbag.

Almost every Sperry-Univac Mainframe used wire wrapped pins from the 50's until the 90's. 1004, 90/25, 90/30, 90/40, 1103, 1120, 1140, 1160, 1170, 1180, 11/90, 2200/600, 2200/900, etc. For the cousins, the 1004 also went to sea in rather large boats, Ohh wire wraps and sea air, what a combination.

I also remember (5?) a limit on how many times the same wire could be "unwrapped" and "rewrapped" before it was too brittle to bend effectively.

Each corner of the square wrapped pin also represented a single contact point and eventually the pin also became rounded and useless. Some back panel pins were completely inaccessible and necessitated some innovative techniques to rewire the open (or shorting) connection.

I always thought I was rather sad...

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