I managed to find one from an old dead SCSI HD that I kept the circuit board
from (lots of interesting parts on those). The system
says all is well
except the CMOS doesn't hold the time with a new battery
installed, some
days nothing goes well (must be the other battery).
----- Original Message -----
From: "CRC" <technobug at comcast.net>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 1:19 PM
Subject: Re:where do I get a 18 pin DIP surface mount socket?
On un, 20 Feb 2011 17:13:54 -0800, Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
[...]
Digikey has a $25 minimum order.
Digikey killed their minimum some time ago. To quote from their "Digi-Key
Web Site Terms of Use and Conditions of Order"
<http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/mkt/Terms.html?WT.z_ref_page_id=sitemap_quantity#Quan>
" 7. Handling Charge. There is no minimum order or handling fee."
However, where something like the socket could be shipped US Mail for under
a dollar, they stick the item in a box and UPS it for over US$ 6...
CRC=