dplatt@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Dave Platt) (10/26/87)
A few years ago, I indulged in a passing interest by buying some Hewlett-Packard "ultrabright" LEDs. These are pretty impressive... they're bright enough to leave after-images. Anyhow, I found that Hamilton-Avnet was HP's nearest distributor, called them, and asked about price/availability/minimum-order. To sum it up: about $1.50 per LED; available within 1 week on a "will call window" basis; minimum order was ->1<- LED! I imagine that H/A may have a hefty minimum order if you want to order by mail, but their local office was quite willing to sell me a single component if I came to their "will-call" window during open hours (3 hours AM, 3 hours PM). If you're interested in the blue LED's, I'd suggest phoning H/A with the part number (posted here last week, I believe?) and ask them.