>
> I need to find up to twenty Intel 486DX2-66's for an embedded system. It
> seems that Advantech only sells the PCA-6145 preloaded with the
> AMD586-133. I was surprised that the local PC retailers looked at me so
> strangly when I asked if they had any 486 chips, but I suppose it has
> been a while since I have actually bought one of those. Are the 486
> chips still being made?
>
Jameco may be a possibility. Actually they have them. Search
for 486.
Actually, this brings up a very important problem. Very often
embedded systems are put together with commodity components to keep
cost low, but as the months roll by, those exact commodity components
may no longer be available. Or they may cease to be cheap I.E things
like dumb ne-2000 compatible ISA ethernet cards. OEM manufacturers
are usualy alerted to this by chip manufactures -- the chip mfgrs will
announce well ahead of time that a chip is going out of production, but
the board mfgr may not pass this along.
-- cary
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