mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu (David McIntyre) (02/21/90)
Ok, thanks to the 10's of people who responded. I have tons of chip numbers and suppliers. Motorola and ITD both have 55ns parts that seem to be popular. There are a lot of faster chips too, but I think they get really expensive and I only actually need 58ns or faster. So here is question two: I have these chip numbers, where can I actually buy a couple of the chips?? I only want maybe 2 or 3, so that's not enough to interest suppliers. They are also reasonably uncommon chips, so the local electronics store doesn't even list these chips in their outdated books. Is there some place I can call which both knows about these chips and is willing to sell very small quantities?? Thanks in advance. Dave "mr question" McIntyre | "....say you're thinking about a plate mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu | of shrimp.....and someone says to office : 518-276-8633 | you 'plate,' or 'shrimp'......"
jbm@eos.UUCP (Jeffrey Mulligan) (02/22/90)
mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu (David McIntyre) writes: > I have these chip numbers, where can I actually buy a couple >of the chips?? I only want maybe 2 or 3, so that's not enough to >interest suppliers. Distributors will often send out small quantitities of inexpensive parts as free evaluation samples if they think that you are considering using their part in a design to be produced. If you luck out and get connected to a sympathetic salesperson, you may even get the free samples without misrepresenting your intentions. -- Jeff Mulligan (jbm@aurora.arc.nasa.gov) NASA/Ames Research Ctr., Mail Stop 239-3, Moffet Field CA, 94035 (415) 604-3745
tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) (02/23/90)
>> I have these chip numbers, where can I actually buy a couple >>of the chips?? I only want maybe 2 or 3, so that's not enough to >>interest suppliers. >Distributors will often send out small quantitities of inexpensive >parts as free evaluation samples if they think that you are >considering using their part in a design to be produced. >If you luck out and get connected to a sympathetic salesperson, >you may even get the free samples without misrepresenting your intentions. Failing this, you might try Active Electronics (HQ: in or near Boston). They are a distributor, but also cater to low-volume users. They have a walk-in store here, but are willing to order, too.
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (02/24/90)
In article <5170077@hplsla.HP.COM> tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) writes: >Failing this, you might try Active Electronics (HQ: in or near Boston). >They are a distributor, but also cater to low-volume users. They have >a walk-in store here, but are willing to order, too. In particular, the Active retail operation can special-order anything their parent distributor carries, which is a huge range of stuff. (For example, essentially any Motorola semiconductor.) Sometimes it takes a while, or you have to wait until the parent actually has some in stock, but they can get it for you. I wish they carried Intersil and Analog Devices; dealing with other sources is a royal pain by comparison. -- "The N in NFS stands for Not, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology or Need, or perhaps Nightmare"| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu