3080's

[Doug Tymofichuk]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:26:49 -0500 Tim Curtis 
<vampope at swbell.net> wrote:

> Hi Everyone -
> 
> Pardon a Naive question, but is it still possible to find 
> 3080's?  While calibrating my OB-8 I found some that were 
> apparently too far out of tolerance, because when I 
> replaced them with a few from an OB-X it tuned right up.
> 
> Now, however, I need to find some for my OB-X.  Figure I 
> may as well pick up some extras while I'm at it.  Anyone 
> know of a good, inexpensive source?
> 
> While I'm at it, I'm also looking for a decent source for 
> 3046's and some common op-amps like TL081's, 4558's, 
> TL072's...  There is a really large Electronic Supply place 
> about 5 blocks from me (coincidentally enough called 
> "Electronic Supply"), but for most everything I come 
> in looking for they only have the NTE "equivalent," so a 
> TL081 is a little over $4.00, 4558's are $3 and change...
> 
> And I'm still not even really clear on whether or not these 
> are actually the exact replacement parts, or just parts 
> that are suitable to be used in place of the original.
> 
My experience with NTE or ECG parts is that, a lot of the 
time:

- They don't work,
- They don't fit,
- They cost a whole lot more.

They are an absolute LAST resort for me.
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Doug Tymofichuk
dougt at cancerboard.ab.ca