Obsolete chips

Doc Shipley doc at mdrconsult.com
Mon Mar 3 11:17:25 CST 2008


Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Doc Shipley wrote:
> 
>>  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, MC Howard in Austin, 
>> Texas has been my source for everything from 74-series chips to 64-pin 
>> wirewrap sockets to RAM for my HP-9000.  I basically populated my 
>> SBC6120 off their shelves, and the homebrew 6809 project I'm working 
>> on was provisioned there too.
>>
>>  The prices on their website are insane, but I've never heard of them 
>> actually charging what's listed.
> 
> Interesting.  If I tripped over that website on my own, I wouldn't have 
> the impression that it was worth my while to deal with them.  Literally 
> everything brings up a page stating "...Coming Soon".

   I know.  The guy who built that site graduated and moved on 10 or 11 
years ago, and I'm not sure it's been maintained since.

   I forgot to mention their eBay store: mchowardelectronics
   That's a much better example of their wares.


	Doc


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