Quote Originally Posted by Kenjones1935 View Post
The inline DIP sockets that Radio Shack sells are intended for surface mounting. Their legs are tiny rectangles in cross section (not circles as with wire). If I go to Do It Yourself Electronics they will have DIP sockets intended for solderless breadboarding.

Does that sound correct?

Ken
Not quite sure what you're asking here. For the solderless breadboard, why would you use a socket? I always used to just stick the IC into the board...