COMPONENT ALERT! CA3280

[Jim Patchell]

    I had been checking (over the internet) the CA3280 stock at Digikey for
quite some time.  I was waiting for funds to become availiable before I
purchased.  So yesterday, it was kind of a surprise when I checked with digikey,
to make a purchase, that I came up empty handed.

    And in their (digikey) last catalog, the CA3280 was listed under the
Intersil Banner.  It kind of ticks me off becasue the Digikey price was pretty
good compared to what I ended up paying.

    Is there anybody in particular I should be sending e-mail or calling at
Digikey to urge them to please stock the items you mentioned below?

    -Jim...I want my DIY chips....Patchell

Ian Fritz wrote:

> Jim and all --
>
> I've been bugging Digi for months about carrying the CA3xxx chips. First
> they said they were not available. But now Intersil indicates that, e.g.,
> CA3080 CA3280, CA3046 and CA 3083 are all current. Digi's latest response is
> that they would look into it. I hope everybody will continue to needle Digi
> about carrying the parts we need. They seem to be getting worse and worse.
> It almost seems like they don't carry Intersil and just have some Harris
> stock on hand that they are not replacing.
>
> BTW, JDR lists CA3080, CA3046, and CA3083 (and LM3900). Mouser lists CA3046
> and CA3080.
>
>   Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Patchell" <patchell at teletrac.com>
> To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 10:30 AM
> Subject: COMPONENT ALERT! CA3280
>
> >     I just went to order CA3280's from Digikey.  They don't seem to
> > stock these parts any longer.  I can't remember if Mouser had them
> > before or not, but I could not locate them either.  I ended up having to
> > get them from Newark.
> >
> >     Does anybody know what the status of these parts are?  I understand
> > Harris has split off Intersil and these parts went with Intersil.
> >
> >     Or, did I just not search Digikey correctly (the parts were still in
> > the latest catalog)?
> >
> >     -Jim
> >
> >
> >