From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Mar 30 2000 - 02:06:09 EST
the view from prehistoric times:
when i built my very first s-100 box (a polymorphic systems "poly88") the
square pad was pin 1
that was in 1974 or thereabouts..
Michael Geary wrote:
> > The other helpful hint is that pin 1 on the PCB is marked with a
> > square pad rather than a round one. I don't know how long this
> > has been an industry practice [it didn't seem to be in '76, by my
> > recollection], but is certainly works now.
>
> It's been that way on everything PC-related that I've ever seen.
>
> You can certainly count on this: If there is one square pad, that's pin 1.
>
> (Three mailing lists? Yikes! <g>)
>
> -Mike
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