There is also the QIL or Quad-in-line format, where altenate pins are offset
into second rows. You would have to find a DIL to QIL adaptor/socket.

I guess it all depends on WHY you need wider pin spacings.

"kenneth scharf" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
Are there any IC sockets (DIL) where the pins on the socket that go into
the
PCB are more generously spaced than the IC pins themselves?



Well plcc sockets are sorta like that. For dips you'd have to use
a pc breadboard adaptor.