[urq] urq Digest, Vol 102, Issue 4

[Steve Eiche]

Gary,
Until a couple of months ago, I would have thought that finding new ones 
for $10/each was amazing, as when I looked a few years ago I couldn't 
find any of them anywhere, and had to buy used ones from a shop that 
restored old video games.  They were expensive and half of them ended up 
being defective, but I had to have them so I had to pay.

I didn't have a need for any more until recently, and looked on ebay.  
Lo and behold there they were.   I paypal'd some money to China and got 
a rail of 10 new ones a couple weeks later.   Of course the guy that 
said he needed them has since gone MIA, but at least I have them.   I 
may never use them, but I'm sure if I hadn't bought them at some point I 
would need some and they would be nowhere to be found.   Hopefully that 
are good..

Steve


On 4/6/2012 2:21 PM, Gary Erickson wrote:
> On 4/6/2012 1:04 PM, Steve Eiche wrote:
>
>> That's OK, but I got a bunch of new Hitachi (same as original - I like
>> OE parts whenever possible just because) EPROMs for a lot less on ebay.
>> I think good used ones sell for $2, but probably aren't worth messing
>> with when new ones aren't much more.
>
> No worries.
>
> The last time this topic came up in 2007, it seemed that they weren't 
> as readily available and I've helped a handful of people source 
> NTE2532's since then because they ran across my post in the archives.
>
> Figured I'd toss it out there since my local "walk in and pull it off 
> the shelf" source is about to dry up.
>
> I'm not affiliated with the shop or making anything off the sales -- 
> just thought it was worth mentioning.
>
> -Gary
>
>