Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!midway!msuinfo!frith.egr.msu.edu!griffin From: griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: 8520 (was: Re: Revised Amiga line) Message-ID: <1991May16.042245.9952@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 16 May 91 04:22:45 GMT References: <4822@orbit.cts.com> <21457@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 19 horneff@ikki.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Martin Horneffer) writes: >daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: >>8520s, for example, have been made practically forever. The 6526 used on the >>C64 is practically the same chip. So they're as cheap as sand, and while > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > They are WHAT??? > So, why do I always have to pay a fortune (about $60) to get one? >Or is this problem specific for Germany? > They used to be cheap (~$15), but that's long ago... I bought one a few months ago for $14, and that was from a local computer dealer, not mail order. -- Dan Griffin griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu