Doc, how do you do your PCB? Back when Dick Smith used to sell electronic components, I used to etch PCB's by drawing the tracks onto a copper plated board with some sort of ink pen, then dip it into an acid that ate away the rest of the copper. I then rinsed off the board, cleaned off the ink, leaving the tracks I wanted. Then it was drilling holes for the components.

I found out about vero-board after that, but that was using wire to join the components on the back of the board. I built a 6800 Dream computer on vero-board when I was in high school (with a lot of help from a very knowledgeable friend!). The circuit diagram for the computer was published in a magazine, Electronics Australia. I was the envy of all my geeky friends!