"Richard" wrote in message
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Are there any IC sockets, where the pins go outwards from the socket,
rather
than downwards into the PCB?

I have had good luck bending pins out with the socket about .05 inches about
the board. Then trim to fit the pads provided. Some very narrow sockets
you can bend the pins out at the point they would normally seat. Others,
with the tab at a right angle to the body can't be bent at all. To much
chance of breakage!