R.I.P. for D.I.Y.

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
Date: Thu Apr 25 15:45:50 2002

> From: Andy Holt <andyh_at_andyh-rayleigh.freeserve.co.uk>
> > Nowadays You typically have to deal with distributors - little
> > problem for the experienced, but an obstacle to newcomers
>
> what about JDR, JAMECO, BG and a long list of suppliers that take
> small orders and credit cards?

Great for processors, logic gates, linear chips, etc... DigiKey
I do lots of business with (well, in the past).

But try finding:

    cross-bar switch
    telco line interface
    bond-out version of a processor
    caller-id decoder

and any other number of specialized chips...

-dq
Received on Thu Apr 25 2002 - 15:45:50 BST