"Vintage" IC's: this is outta control

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Wed Jul 12 22:30:42 2000

> The Fairchild UL914; DUAL NOR GATE was the ONLY MEMORY and REGISTER
> UNIT used in the ENTIRE construction of the ON-BOARD Navigational Computer.
> Redundancy and Failure Rates of a NEW Integrated Circuit family (RTL)
> dictated the SAFEST possible Design for such an Incredible Mission.
> Round 8pin EPOXY package.
> 4 pieces available $ 99.95 each

Well, it is only out of control is people buy them, and then keep buying
them, and then everyone has them for $99.95. I would not work about it
right now. Even the "hot" chips like 4004s have dropped down quite a bit,
now that every week Ebay has one up for auction.

Do you need a uL914? I have been saving obsolete family chips for years,
and may have a few.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Wed Jul 12 2000 - 22:30:42 BST