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@technomancy pics and atmels are still made in thru hole. they're just super expensive

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@MightyPork @technomancy well, there's always flip-pins, so you can make carriers that fit in DIP sockets
oshchip.org/products/Flip-Pins

@phooky @technomancy wow this looks cute

i use regular off-the-shelf adapters (actually off-ebay lol) with 2.54 headers, works fine too but they're bulkier