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Subject: Nobody here but us engineers
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 03:53:00 EDT
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From: bill%persci.uucp@BRL.ARPA
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>Are there any parts that you've seen in IC manufacturers data books or
>spec sheets that are real hot, but not out yet? 

<<Yeah. And some not-so-astounding ICs, too! I got badly burned by TI about 3
<<years back. I needed an RS-422 (differential) transceiver for a *cheap*
<<(hardware < $20) local-area network interface I was designing for a little
<<microcomputer company, and found a marvelous 8-pin DIP transceiver from TI
<<that fit the bill perfectly. It was even in a three-year old catalog and *not*
<<labeled "preliminary", with a complete set of specs. The quotes from
<<TI?/the distributor? were low, so I designed it in. (..time passes..) Time
<<to buy some parts. The distributor can't get them (fast enough, they say), so
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<<There's a lesson or two in here, somewhere..
<<-- 
<<Bill Swan 	{ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill

Yes, indeed..No large production orders, no production.  TI is not in the
custom chip business...

Leon Traister (LMTRA@SRI-KL.ARPA)
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