Tony Duell wrote:
My experience, however, is that manufacturers
didn't always put chips in
the 'obvious' databooks, possibly make customers buy several books to
get
all the data sheets they needed.
Despite there being prices printed on the covers of some databooks,
customers didn't buy them. The sales reps and distributors all but
forced them onto customers.
The prices were what other people such as hobbyists paid.
Eric