Is there a source for veroboard in the U.S.?

From: Louis Schulman <louiss_at_gate.net>
Date: Fri Oct 5 20:48:29 2001

On Sat, 6 Oct 2001 00:58:09 +0100 (BST), Tony Duell wrote:
#
#Veroboard is (used to be?) a trade name used by BICC-Vero. The generic
#name for what you are looking for is 'Stripboard'
#
#It must be available in the States. I thought the common brand for
#prototyping boards over there was 'Vector'. Surely they must do something
#similar.

Indeed, Vector still makes "Vectorbords". They also make boards with various bus edge connectors called
"Plugbords". The problem with these things is that they are very expensive, imho. For example, a
prototyping board for the XT bus with edge connectors and nothing more is about $25.

This raises a question I have had for some time. What DO people use to make prototype boards with edge
connectors as an alternative to Plugbords? I ran into this very problem recently in trying to create a
prototype ROM Pac for the Exidy Sorcerer. Other than buying Plugbords or etching a PCB, the only solution
I saw was cutting up an old card and gluing the edge connectors to a prototype board. Other suggestions?

Louis
Received on Fri Oct 05 2001 - 20:48:29 BST