[sdiy] Thanks Everyone! (say, any CA3094's out there?)

[Scott Gravenhorst]

About all I can suggest to be able to stay the course,
is if you think you may need certain DIP parts, and they
are available now, buy a pile.  I am trying to amass a
stock of stuff I think I will need before they go the
way of the dinosaur.  One good reason is that as time
goes by, the price will likely only increase.  Buying
them now might save you money in the long run.  Look
what some once popular and cheap chips now go for.
Some are so rare that we are willing to pay big bucks
for USED ones.  Their rarity has caused those who still 
need them to compete more heavily for them.  At least 
there is this forum, where if I were to buy way too many 
of something, I might be able to help someone out here 
who needs what I have.

As a friend of mine likes to say:  "Wish in one hand, 
sh!t in the other.  Which one fills up first?"

cyborgzero at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> >plus
>> >they charge you the same amount or more and use less resources.
>>
>> First, I don't see how this matters, but more importantly,
>> I don't see how you can make this assumption.  Simply because
>> there's a little less plastic involved?
>
>Actually, plastic and leads, so, yes, it is well within their
>interests to go to SMT. Not like I am complaining, I love the fact
>that I can fit more in less and have been doing so for quite a long
>time.
>
>I guess the part that I don't like about SMT is that there is a LOT of
>brokering that tends to have parts tied up for us little ppl.
>
>For example, you don't have to buy 2000 from digikey to get dip parts,
>but for certain smt parts, the minimum buy is 2000! Begging to get a
>hundred of them shouldn't be part of the picture, but, unfortunately
>it is.
>
>So, yes, the parts are out there, but, NO, you can't afford to buy any
>in the lots they require you to buy.
>
>And, no there is no evil plot, although it does work out that way
>sometimes.
>
>Rob
>
>

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