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From: gene@cooper.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Buying Blue LED's
Message-ID: <1053@cooper.cooper.EDU>
Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 18:54:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 27 18:54:08 1987
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in article <2150@kitty.UUCP>, larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) says:
> In article <1761@dasys1.UUCP>, schuster@dasys1.UUCP (Michael Schuster) writes:
>> In article <2134@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>>> 	You can buy them through Hamilton-Avnet.  So, now y'all can be the
>>> first on your block with blue LED's... :-)

>> Is this a well-known electronics distributor? How can I reach them? Do they
>> fill orders for small quantities? Do they sell retail?

> turn away your business as long as you meet their minimum order requirements
> (probably $ 25.00 per order).  That order amount is not difficult to achieve
> if you combine other component needs in one order.

Then again, the price of *one* blue LED may just be *more* than $25!!!
This was at the '87 Electro (this past April), and the guy whom I spoke with
was the sales rep for General Instruments. He quoted me "about $32" in small
quantities. Maybe now they're cheaper...

> Perhaps someone can tell me, once and for all, how to pronounce Hauppauge? :-)

Pronounced "HOP-awg" ("hop" as in kangaroo, "awg" as in "rhymes with 'dog'")

					Gene

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