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Subject: chip availability
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Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 01:29:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 01:29:14 1984
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The experience Brian Doody has had trying to purchase an 8272 seems to
be similar to my recent attempt to purchase an 8085AH1.  I called three
companies in North Carolina, all of who have national distribution
rights for Intel.  These included Pioneer, Hamilton-Avnet, and Arrow
(I think).  All three could not locate parts anywhere in their system.
Pioneer told me that they have been on allocation for 25 (!!!) parts
per month and were sold out for the rest of the year.  I thought it
would not be productive to put my name on the waiting list.  I called
Intel in Greensboro and was told that both the 8088 and 8085 are in
extremely short supply and confirmed that they were on allocation.  I
basically translated this to mean that if you did not place your order
sometime in the past for a million chips (e.g., IBM), you are probably
not going to get any soon.  Basically I decided to stick with the
slower 8085 chip I already had on hand.

David Chou
University of NC, Chapel Hill
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