> I need to know how much a MAX232 costs but I've been unable to find them,
> not even in Mouser. Do they have another name that I should look for? Or
> are there any equivelent chips? Thanks

 In our country MAX232' price is about $7-8, but try to use it's clone -
ADM232 (or 202), it is more cheaper - $2.50

Alex Torres, Kharkov, Ukraine (exUSSR)
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