Kits n stuff

[Ben Stuyts]

On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Irish wrote:

> To that end I would like to find some
> kits.

Have you looked at http://www.paia.com ? They have the FatMan synth. It is  
similar to the MadMouse. The Paia site is a nice site to browse anyway.

> calls for a 74LS14. I can get it at RS or a local distrib for under a buck,
> BUT it's a 14 pin DIP and the diagram naturally just shows the symbols, not
> the pinout. Where can I find pinout for this and other common-as-dirt ICs?

You could get the RS CDROM. It has many data sheets on it.

There are some site which have lists of the most common ICs. For example:  
http://www.falstaff.demon.co.uk/giicm.html (the Giant Internet IC  
Masturbator). There's also http://www.repairfaq.org/filipg/ which might  
interest you. It looks very repair-oriented, but there's some good stuff  
there.

> Again, web searches I made were fruitless. This really seems silly - these
> must be referenced somewhere on the net!

You might also want to have a look at some newsgroups. comp.arch.hobbyist or  
the various sci.electronics.design, sci.electronics.misc, etc. Also, the  
people on this list have been posting interesting web pages, which sometimes  
contain more links than mortals can follow. B-)

Best regards,
Ben