OT:Re: [sdiy] Discontinued Part Alert :-(

[Peter Grenader]

<sound of army core drill march in the background>

...Army helmet 'CHECK'...Camouflage pants 'CHECK'  face paint 'CHECK'
('course, I got carried away and look like Tammy Faye, but what the hell)

I AM READY!





Scott Stites wrote:

> I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
> 
> This calls for civil disobedience.  Our numbers are legion; it is time that
> the DIY movement roared!
> 
> *We need someone to head the movement. Someone organized.  I nominate James
> Patchell, who's idea of a 'messy workshop' to me is the epitome of
> organization.  One can see the floor.
> 
> *We need someone who knows the ins and outs of civil disobedience.  I
> suggest we assign Peter Grenader or Cynthia Webster.  They were/are part of
> the groovy California scene - sometime they *must* have met someone adept at
> demonstration.
> 
> *We need numbers.  Paul Schreiber - time to punch that button that activates
> the secret MOTM alert system that's built into all of your modules.
> 
> *We need the entrepreneurial element to start cranking out "Save the CA3080"
> T-shirts to finance the movement.
> 
> *We need to be heard.  All performers on this list - start spreading the
> word.  Ruud - get on your soapbox!  Arrange a benefit concert.  It's going
> to take some bux to fly everyone from all the continents to the same point
> for the demonstration.  Suggestion for movement theme song "We are the
> DIPs".  Hmmm....maybe not.
> 
> *We need those on this list adept at dirty tricks and intelligence to dig
> up/create as much dirt as possible on the CEO and CFO of Intersil.  If it's
> good enough material, it may even be enough to force Intersil to buy the old
> CEM and SSM dies and go back into production.  Harry?  No, that may present
> a conflict of interest should we want them to to do a run of BBD's, too.
> 
> To cap off the campaign, we all need to descend upon the headquarters of
> Intersil.  We should bring all of our synth's and some of those big-ass
> amplifiers I read about occasionally here.  First, set up a massive,
> wailing, mournful (yet tasteful) drone just beneath the threshold of pain.
> Then chain ourselves to the front doors.
> 
> Afterwards, in our jail cells, we could have the DIY get-together to end all
> get-togethers.  Door prize would be bail.
> 
> Sadly,
> Scott
> 
> PS - I heard on NPR that, in Nigeria, people are now afraid to answer their
> cell phones.  It seems there's an email/SMS message circulating there
> stating that if you answer a call from a certain number, you will die.
> Apparently, it's been enough to rather hurt the cell operators there (really
> inhibits Dr. TI, too, I would imagine).  If we could get something like that
> going in our respective countries, perhaps the cell phone market would
> slump, and DIP's would rule again.  Just a thought.....
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Patchell" <patchell at cox.net>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:03 PM
> Subject: [sdiy] Discontinued Part Alert :-(
> 
> 
>> Intersil is going to discontinue production of the CA3080 in 2005.
>> 
>> http://www.intersil.com/products/deviceinfo.asp?pn=CA3080
>> 
>> This happened on July 1st...
>> 
>> The CA3280E is still in full production, as of right now.
>> 
>> So, the OTA that started it all is about to become history...
>> 
>> If I remember correctly, doesn't NJM produce this part as well?
>> 
>> Rather ironic....I designed my first CA3080 into something for the first
>> time ever just last month....and then it gets discontinued.  I bought 100
>> of them from Jameco three weeks ago, although, I did not know it was
>> discontinued at the time...
>> 
>> Anyway, heads up, if you plan on using this part in the future, you may
>> want to stock up a bit on it...
>> 
>> Although, keep in mind, the NJM13600 and NJM13700 are basically identical
>> (the OTA portion that is), so it is not like there won't be an equivelent
> part.
>> 
>> 
>> -Jim
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