I managed to find one from an old dead SCSI HD that I kept the circuit board 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 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=