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From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Price of M68000 ?
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Date: 4 Jun 91 15:23:56 GMT
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daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>In article <1991Jun1.212936.13680@booth.uucp> jrn@booth.uucp (Jim Norton) writes:
>>Could somebody tell me what the going cost is for the Motorola 68000 micro-
>>processor?
>I haven't seen street prices for single quantities recently, but if you pay 
>more than $10 a piece, you're being had.  In volume, they go for under $5
>each.

OK, here's some street prices (from Newark Electronics, not exactly the
cheapest source):

MC68000FN10	$9.45	(PLCC)
MC68000FN12	10.85
MC68000FN12F	23.66	(don't know what the F signifies)
MC68000FN8	$8.05
MC68000L10	29.96	(ceramic dip)
MC68000L12	35.88
MC68000L8	28.08
MC68000P10	$8.05	(plastic dip)
MC68000P12	$9.40
MC68000P12F	22.58
MC68000P8	$6.75
MC68000RC10	45.56	(gold PGA)
MC68000RC12	51.48
MC68000RC8	43.68
And for comparison
MC68010P10	34.44
MC68020RC12E	204.04

(Active Electronics is more expensive for 68000's but wants only $175 for
an MC68020RC12E)

Note that Newark's catalog prices appear to be wrong, and expensive
semiconductor prices vary quite a bit more than SN7400 prices...