>I also want to ask:  what happens as the pads in the prototyping
>area start to "wear out" (i.e., my ham-fisted soldering skills
>cause them to lift, etc.)?  Other than using a solderless breadboard
>(ick), is there a fix for that?
>Perhaps some clever method to make that part of the board replacable?

dare I suggest that the fix for this is to put a pin header on and use
ribbon cable to another proto board? Endeavouring to fix lifted pads is a
beggar at the best of times.

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