  A drift chamber readout system of the DIRAC experiment at CERN is presented.
The system is intended to read out the signals from planar chambers operating
in a high current mode. The sense wire signals are digitized in the 16-channel
time-to-digital converter boards which are plugged in the signal plane
connectors. This design results in a reduced number of modules, a small number
of cables and high noise immunity. The system has been successfully operating
in the experiment since 1999
