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by FarmerPotato 232 days ago
The important thing about wire-wrap sockets: they have square-ish pins.

As you wrap the wire around the square pin, there is a mind-boggling degree of force between the corner and the wire, creating a gas-tight seal.

It's tougher to get a good wrap onto a round pin. You can buy square-pin headers from peconnectors