US Sources for old ICs

[Joe R.]

  A friend of mine has been using Mouser Electronics lately and has been
happy with them. OTOH have you tried E-bay? Sometimes you can get small
lots of ICs for very reasonable prices. This guy
<http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmil-std-883QQhtZ-1> always has small lots
of ICs, diodes and transistors. Most of it is mil-spec parts and are excess
from production out of places like Martin Marietta and is of excellant
quality. (Tell him that Joe sent you.)

> but only in QFP).

    The small surface mount only packages are a BIG problem for individuals
that want to build a single circuit. A friend of mine designs and builds a
lot of circuits commercailly and he's always raising hell with the IC
manufacturers and trying to get them to produce chips in DIP packages. I
keep telling him that it's hopeless.

   Joe

At 11:34 PM 10/25/05 -0700, you wrote:
>The chat about the FDC reminded me of a data acquisition project I've had
>partly completed for a couple of years. 
>
>Where is a good source for purchasing small-quantity ICs in the US?  In
>particular, I'm looking for a few 64Kx9 async FIFOs (e.g. IDT7208 or
>CY7C466) in DIP packages (I can find the Cypress part at DigiKey, but only
>in QFP).
>
>Suggestions would be welcome.
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>
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