William Chops Westfield wrote:
>
> > Hi Mike, except when you can get 100x 74LS595 shift
> > regs for 5c each (3c US).
>
> Um, where?  Digikey's price is 10x that ($52 for 100), and even the ebay
> auctions I've seen have finished at more than $0.03!  I've got PICs I've
> paid less than $0.52 for...


I just got 400 for that price, and quite a few other
chips too. Check around the surplus suppliers, they
get a few thousand of this and that left over after
large production runs and they sell them on CHEAP.
:o)
-Roman

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