I've used literally hundreds of the TI & ST 232 chips with no problems.

Steve Ruse

> > I've noticed recently that Digikey has TI's version of the
> > MAX232 for only
> > $0.90 each, compared with a few $ for Maxim's versions.  TI
> > claims that it's
> > a replacement for the Maxim part, but do any of you know if
> > this is really a
> > drop-in replacement, or if there are any issues that need to
> > be worked around?

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