Maxim (was: Sockets)

[Arthur Harrison]

$5 is about as cheap as I've seen for those adapters.  
It is a shame, though, to have to spend that much money 
to mount a $3 op amp!  Not to mention the microscope 
some of nearly-blind folks need just to tell where the leads 
are on those tiny packages!

-Art


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
To: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
Date: Friday, December 04, 1998 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: Maxim (was: Sockets)


>If you use parts that are in 'lots' of other things, then
>there will always be a few for the individual constructor.
>For a manufacturer, the problem is entirely different.
>
>I notice some people (like Aries) are making surface mount 
>carrier boards with dip pins around them. If anyone sees a cheap 
>source of these, let us know. Mouser has them at $5 or so.
>(and for a mere $86, a universal zif soic to dip adaptor,
>which I must admit would be handy for prototyping!)
>
>paul perry Frostwave P/l Melbounre Australia
>
>