Re:Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype
by kens on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @02:11AM
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Yes, I think it was a requirement that both ends of a wire were at the same level on the pin. So you might have an additional top-level wire but you wouldn't end up with a long dependency chain.
I should also mention that the original (non-field) wire wrapping was done with an automated machine, the Gardner-Denver Automatic Wire-Wrap Machine. It had X-Y carriages with wire-wrap tools and it wire-wrapped the backplane according to a deck of punch cards.
Details: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/gardnerDenver/SM506753_Paramete...
I should also mention that the original (non-field) wire wrapping was done with an automated machine, the Gardner-Denver Automatic Wire-Wrap Machine. It had X-Y carriages with wire-wrap tools and it wire-wrapped the backplane according to a deck of punch cards. Details: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/gardnerDenver/SM506753_Paramete...