"New" PDP-8

Well, no, it isn't. Because the cost of getting a PCB made is less than the cost of a good electronics technician, I think it started to die in the late 80's. And, of course, its practically impossible to WW BGA chips, etc. I get stuff from: Jameco More expensive than they used to be. Still the best (non-mindbogglingly expensive Augat)sockets, but have gone up in price a lot. Marlin Jones (www.mpja.com) Pretty good blank boards. BG Micro (www.bgmicro.com) Some good stuff! Digi-key Outrageous prices, but they have...well...everything, and they deliver. Unicorn Electronics Good supplier of older chips. Incredibly, I still use a hand WW tool from Radio Shack. It's cheap, it works! New England Wire Prep has the best prices on wire wrap wire itself. I've found Jameco's to be strangely hard to work with, never mind expensive. Ebay - learn to work the search engine and you can get some real deals no one else has found! WW sockets are getting more expensive. I won't use anything but machine tooled pin sockets, which are even more expensive. Buf going nuts and wasting your precious free time over a flaky socket is really, really expensive. --- "James B. DiGriz" <jbdigriz(a)dragonsweb.org> wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/