Comment on PCBs Straight from the Magazine by Tom Brusehaver

In high school (77-78) I and 2 friends built don't Lancaster's tv typewriter on a PCB.

The magazine has the board layout. The school had photo etch resist and an arc lamp. We got some surplus double sided PCB. Did it best to line up both sides. We were only a little off. Then had to drill all those holes.

They weren't plated through, and we decided to use sockets. I think I soldered all those sockets on both sides. Really made a mess of the sockets, melting the plastic.

In the end it worked, but I am happy there are affordable PCB vendors these days.