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		cl8ton on May 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Seymour Cray: "Cray-1 Introduction" (1976) [video] Back in the bread boarding days, hard wrapping was using a tool to physically wrap a hair thin insulated wire from one pin on an IC to another pin on an IC. Not using the PCB foil electrical path but rather a direct short path as possible wire connection between two points.

crshults on May 10, 2014 | [–]

Do you mean wire wrapping? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wrap

mikeash on May 10, 2014 | [–]

Is this another term for wire wrap, or is it something different?

cl8ton on May 10, 2014 | [–]

Yes wire wrapping and hard wrapping the same thing.

Hard wrapping was something the current day mags called it (Popular Electronics) for one.

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