Cgs synth

Thanks for the heads up, Scott! I've never dealt with Halted. They
just turned up the 4006's and a price. I'll keep looking for unsold
stock.

--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Stites" <scottnoanh@p...>
wrote:

> I like Halted, but it's a bit like gambling, or halfway like

ordering a

> semi-surprise grab bag. In other words, ordering from Halted can

yield

> some.....interesting........results. Don't be surprised if your

order gets

> fairly screwed up.
>
> As an example of what I mean, on occasion I've ordered 5 of chip A

and 10 of

> chip B and gotten vice-versa (the numbers vary, but you get the

picture).

> On one order, to round things out, I ordered a hundred 3904's at a
> particular price. Shortly after, I received an email informing me

that,

> apparantly due to some fine print either real or imagined about

quantity or

> price of the total purchase or something like that, the 3904 price

was

> increased greatly and automatically billed to my CC, there you go,

thank

> you, have a nice day.
>
> If (when) there is a mistake, there is no resolution available,

your email

> will go ignored, but at Halted's prices, I guess I don't really

care.

>
> For those of you wanting to build Ken's PT2395 delay, you probably

won't

> find a better price for the NE570 anywhere. Of course, you may

order an

> NE570 and wind up with an NE571 (my experience says there's a 10%

chance),

> but there you go.
>
> So, you may order 20 4006's and actually wind up with 17 4006's, a

couple of

> 4007's, and maybe a 4046. Plug another quarter in and yank the

handle

> again, and you may get your full order next time.
>
> For general weirdness, they're not as damaging to the psyche as

Futurlec can

> be, but they ain't Mouser, either.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "charlesosthelder" <osthelder@n...>
> To: <cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 1:47 PM
> Subject: [cgs_synth] 4006 source
>
>
> > more 4006 fun!
> >
> > In the US, check out Halted Electronic Supply at
> > http://www.halted.com/ccc1073-cmos-ic-s.htm - they've got the

4006 for

> > $0.49 US. That's not too bad. If there is interest, I could

request

> > a quote for a large quantity just to see what they come up with.
> >
> > Chub
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > See the following URLS for the CGS Modular Synth home page:
> > Main: http://www.cgs.synth.net/
> > Secondary: http://otherunicorn.0catch.com/synth/
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >