On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 5:11 PM Jonathan Chapman via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Standard TTL 74XXX is drying up rather quickly. Futurlec still has some > > TTL but 7404s are all gone. Even LS is hard to find. > > Ours comes from Mouser, between two part #s they have over 7,000 74LS04s in > DIP packaging in stock. Didn't check ACT, HCT, or ALS. I don't think we've > had a 7400 series part that we couldn't just order off Mouser in recent > history, and we're usually buying QTY 100. >
You can also buy parts direct from TI, for example they currently show around around 3000 SN74LS04N parts in stock. https://www.ti.com/product/SN74LS04/part-details/SN74LS04N The prices for that part match the current Mouser prices of $0.674 each, or $0.519 each if you buy at least 4 tubes of 25 parts. I've bought some tubes of 74LS parts direct from TI in the last year.
