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From: piner@pur-phy (Richard Piner)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: United Detector Technology
Message-ID: <3012@pur-phy>
Date: 21 Jan 90 08:57:00 GMT
References: <1990Jan18.083235.29990@idt.unit.no>
Reply-To: piner@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Richard Piner)
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN
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In article <1990Jan18.083235.29990@idt.unit.no> knutj@idt.unit.no (Knut Johannessen) writes:
>Here in Norway I have to pay 680 NOK (about 100 USD) for a PIN-10D or
>PIN-10DI silicon photodiode.  This seems to me to be somewhat too pricey ... 
>
>
I checked an old price list from 1988. A PIN-10D is listed at $55.
I did not see a 10DI listed. The same chip with filters (10DAP), listed at $150.
Given import/export duties, shipping, etc., $100 sounds about right.