>
> > My feeling is that anything other than 0.1" DIP would be of
> > limited use.  As Denny intimated, I think it needs to be
> > pluggable into a breadboard (or
> > stripboard) to be of widespread interest.
>
> But a 2x40 DIP style would be almost impossible to remove from a
> breadboard?
>
> Both a 2x40, 4x20 (DIP) and 4x20 (Quad) would fit in a sea-of holes
> breadboard. Only 2x40 would reasonably fit in a stripboard.


Difficult, but not impossible. The 2x42 (DIP)  84 pin PLCC adaptor I built
before was a bit of a task to get out (especialy since it was homebrew on
0.032 thick PCB :-) But take a little time and work at it with a screwdriver
and it came out fine.

-Denny
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