12 Dec
2012
12 Dec
'12
11:24 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 04:00:40PM -0500, David Riley wrote:
Now you got me thinking about it. :-) The 8646A
(assuming it
doesn't differ significantly from the 8646 described in the
KS10 manual)
That might have been my flaky memory inventing new stuff. What my flaky
memory claims is that the 8646 and 8646A are the same except for speed
(200ns vs. 150ns or something like that -- slower version in VAX and
faster in KS10, or, I dunno, like whatever).
So, here's the question. Is there enough demand to
make a
1k quantity of this? I don't think a smaller volume is
really going to be cost-effective. Building in 100 qty
drives the PCB cost up from $0.69 to $4.43, and the per-part
price goes up as well (not by as much); it would probably at
least double the price per unit. Still, $10 each might not
be bad for a replacement for a part that no longer exists,
and it's a lot easier to raise a thousand dollars than five
thousand. :-)
No idea if it's of general appeal, I was just expressing my own fears (I
needed an 8646A once before when DEC still had them and might again). $10
beats DEC's old price by 3:1 so I'd certainly be up for buying ten at that
price (or something close to it), just to have on hand.
Nice regulator!
John Wilson
D Bit