Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bu.edu!transfer!lectroid!lectroid.sw.stratus.com!ryan From: ryan@berlin-gw.diag.stratus.com (Dan Guilderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k Subject: Re: Sources for MC68030RC25 and MC68882RC25 Message-ID: Date: 10 Dec 90 17:55:12 GMT References: <653@organpipe.UUCP> <1990Dec10.105549@ecn.purdue.edu> Sender: usenet@lectroid.sw.stratus.com Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA USA Lines: 19 In-reply-to: cyliax@ecn.purdue.edu's message of 10 Dec 90 15:55:49 GMT There is no doubt about it, there is a conspiracy against hardware hackers. Probably the best way to combat it is to read Don Lancaster's Hardware Hacker column in Radio Electronics. He has a lot of good ideas on how to fool distributors into being nice to you. One idea that he hasn't thought of is to organize a group buy. Advertize it to all the newsgroups that might be interested and see if you can get enough people to buy > 100 parts. It probably isn't a good idea for the more expensive parts but for some stuff it might work. One last thought, there is a place in Cambridge, MA called Solid State Sales that seems to be pretty hacker friendly (I bought a WD2010A from them just recently. You can call them at (617) 547-7053. They're right downstairs from Eli Heffron's which is another great hacker store selling computers and peripherals (I saw a lot of cool used VME boards), their number is (617) 547-4005. Hope this helps. -- Dan Guilderson ryan@berlin-gw.diag.stratus.com Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA, USA #include