hansen@hplabs.UUCP (05/27/83)
Relay-Version:version B 2.10 5/3/83; site harpo.UUCP Posting-Version:version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site hplabs.UUCP Message-ID:<1489@hplabs.UUCP> Date:Thu, 26-May-83 17:49:16 EDT Organization:Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Unfortunately, that same screening process you refer to should also find the 6 Mhz parts and drop them in the rip-off price bin. You must buy the highest grade-out available, and even then it's not a sure thing, since manufacturers may even then sell the very fastest parts by special arrangement. If you want faster parts than are normally available, it can try doing your own sorting, or you could ask the manufacturer. Either way is not going to give you a bargain. Incidentally, I've heard that at least one chip manufacturer was filling contracts for plastic packaged parts with ceramics, due to resource limitations. The best part is that when the resources became available and later orders were filled with plastic parts, the orders were suddenly switched to ceramic parts. Craig Hansen HP Labs