[sdiy] CA3080s purchased - now available in smaller lots

[James Patchell]

Boy...It would take me forever to inventory all my chips...might be an 
interesting exercise (I measure the number of chips I have by the gallon... :-)

At 04:22 PM 5/18/2005 -0700, Tim Parkhurst wrote:
>You know, I'd love to see an inventory of what chips SDIY members have. For
>example: the 3080 is supposedly not available anymore, but I'd wager that
>SDIY members have somewhere between two to three thousand of them (including
>the 1000 from JLH and 500 from Tom Arnold). I've got twenty sitting in a
>tube myself. I've also got 566s, twenty-three various CEM and SSM chips, a
>few BBDs, and a partridge in a pear tree. Maybe we could put together some
>sort of global SDIY chip database (or even just an informal list). That way,
>if someone REALLY had to have an XYZ chip to repair a vintage synth (first
>priority for rare chips) or some other reason, at least members could see if
>it was available. Or maybe the chip listing would just be interesting from a
>geek 'look at all the cool stuff we've got' standpoint.
>
>
>Tim (über-geek) Servo
>
>"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Arnold [mailto:xyzzy at sysabend.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:46 PM
> > To: J. Larry Hendry
> > Cc: Synth-DIY
> > Subject: Re: [sdiy] CA3080s purchased - now available in smaller lots
> >
> > On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 11:47:16AM -0500, J. Larry Hendry wrote:
> > > I did purchase one of the two lots of 1000 each CA3080s that
>chipforbrains
> > > had for sale.  My cost with shipping to me will be 43 cents each.
> > >
> > > About 500 of these are spoken for and 500 are still available in smaller
> > > lots (lets say 20 minimum).  I am not trying to make money on this.  So,
>you
> > > can get them at my cost plus the cost of repackaging and shipping to you
>and
> > > any paypal transaction fees (if used).
> >
> > I also bought a 500 lot of these.   I'm probably only more convenient for
>SF
> > Bay Area members and I'm prepared to sit on them for a year until their
> > worth 44cents ea so I can make a hhuuuggeee profit.  :-)
> >
> > But seriously, if anyone in the SF Bay area is looking for some CA3080's,
> > I'll have them eventually.  I only want to keep back 100 for my own
>personal
> > abuse.
> >
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