I am very happy to buy from Amazon and Digikey even if sometimes they are a little more expensive. I want them to be around for the long term, so I support them as much as possible. Their range is amazing.
On Sun, 31 Mar 2024, 10:53 am Glen Slick via cctalk, <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 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. >
