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From: yonder@netcom.COM (Christopher Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: WD 1772 IC....
Summary: trouble finding WD1772 (*cheap*)
Keywords: Floppy controller, troubleshoot, IC, 1772, western digital
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.011233.28971@netcom.COM>
Date: 4 Apr 91 01:12:33 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  UNIX System {408 241-9760 guest}
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Obviously, this relates to my previous posts..  I went out and headed over
to JDR to pick up the floppy controller IC..  To my surprise they did not
have it!  So then I start calling around.. nobody has it -- "what part # did
you say?"..  All of the floppy controller IC's that JDR had are almost 
exclusively under $10 and the 1771 is $5..  Almost all of these IC's are
40 pin and I am sure more sophisticated than the 1772 (though I may be wrong,
but why can't I run a 1.44M)?  Anyways, I call up B&C and San Jose Computer,
and sure they have it but it $25 (!!) at either shop..  So, my question is: is
this the price I must pay, or is there an alternative?  Hopefully, there is,
but obviously I'll pay $25 if I have too..  I even went to the extent to call
Western Digital (the IC manufacturer), they gave me the number of a local 
distributor, who informed me that it had be "obsoleted".. bummer.. 
Well, anybody got any advice (another Atari dealer with lower prices maybe?)
.........yonder@netcom.com 

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Christopher Russell (yonderboy) yonder@netcom.COM or clr40@amail.amdahl.com