[sdiy] CA3080 replacement (was: Searching for a VC Clock schematic ......)

[Tom Arnold]

On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 11:04:15AM -0000, Tim Stinchcombe wrote:
> Is there any reason *not* to use the NTE996 instead, which is intended as a
> pin-compatible replacement (Mouser, at least, show stock). It seems to only
> have a few mentions in amongst all the wailing in the many 'death of the
> CA3080' threads, and I'm wondering if there is a reason for this? (Not much
> comes up in the archives...)

Well, odds are its not made anymore so it'd only be good as a replacement
part, and NTE996's are a lot more expensive then CA3080s even now.  Beyond
that, its probably just a relabled CA3080 so should work fine.

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