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Did you ever look inside of a T1 smart Jack? Those were often wire wrapped. I remember a bunch of the radio STL links were T1 backed.

If my friend who's been repairing stuff since the 50s is to be believed, as thermal cycles happen, the gas-tight nature of the connections undoes itself, it might take a decade, but eventually you end up soldering all the connections.

I'm sure there is some "historical archives", a YouTube video from the 1950s/60s, that show the work involved. I recall a flick with rows of women working at tables doing wire wrapping. I want to say it was for computers of the era.

Haha true. But for a low profile quick connection to a dozen or so pins, especially if you don't have solder handy, it's amazing how easy/quick it is. I always thought those wire wrapped boards required more skill lol. Definitely not if I can do it!

Better connection than breadboard connections but not as practical. I mostly use a combination of soldering with adapter breakout boards and breadboard.

It's kinda shocking how reliable it can be.

Did that at University in the 90s. 😀

With the right tools it's ok. Without it's as much fun as a broken arm

it’s so beautiful,,

I mucked about with wire wrapping about [looks at calendar, shudders a bit] 40 years ago as a teenager. I think I still have some wire wrapping tools in a drawer somewhere, although I prefer to solder these days.

Damn, what a good clean job! When I've tried, it ends up looking like a toddler tried to "fix" the circuit lmao.