Semi-OT: IDE & SATA to USB "dongles"

[Chuck Guzis]

On 6/2/2006 at 1:40 AM woodelf wrote:

>I allways remember the polypack ads ... 74xx for
>only 5 cents each or so if I recall right.

I remember buying 923 RTL FFs from them for $1 apiece and thinking that it
was a steal.  Typical floor sweepings--some packages didn't even have the
leads plated.  

I still have a couple of Fairchild 8 bit addressable memories that I bought
from them for way too much.  DTL, requiring a 6 volt supply and a 7 volt
clock.  Ran hot as a pistol.

My first 741 op amp came from them.  My first LED's were purchased directly
from Montsanto as part of their "experimenter's program".

Cheers,
Chuck