"New" PDP-8

From: James B. DiGriz <jbdigriz_at_dragonsweb.org>
Date: Sat Mar 30 14:14:46 2002

Loboyko Steve wrote:
> Well, no, it isn't. Because the cost of getting a PCB
> made is less than the cost of a good electronics
> technician, I think it started to die in the late
> 80's. And, of course, its practically impossible to WW
> BGA chips, etc.
>
> I get stuff from:
> Jameco More expensive than they used to be. Still the
> best (non-mindbogglingly expensive Augat)sockets, but
> have gone up in price a lot.
>
> Marlin Jones (www.mpja.com) Pretty good blank boards.
>
> BG Micro (www.bgmicro.com) Some good stuff!
>
> Digi-key Outrageous prices, but they
> have...well...everything, and they deliver.
>
> Unicorn Electronics Good supplier of older chips.
>
> Incredibly, I still use a hand WW tool from Radio
> Shack. It's cheap, it works!
>
> New England Wire Prep has the best prices on wire wrap
> wire itself. I've found Jameco's to be strangely hard
> to work with, never mind expensive.
>
> Ebay - learn to work the search engine and you can get
> some real deals no one else has found!
>
> WW sockets are getting more expensive. I won't use
> anything but machine tooled pin sockets, which are
> even more expensive. Buf going nuts and wasting your
> precious free time over a flaky socket is really,
> really expensive.
>

Thank you. That's very useful information.

jbdigriz
Received on Sat Mar 30 2002 - 14:14:46 GMT