Subject: Re: mc68881 chips cost $150 (?)
To: Gordon Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sun3
Date: 05/07/1995 13:42:31
On Sun, 7 May 95 16:21:32 EDT 
 "Gordon W. Ross" <gwr@mc.com> wrote:

 > have lists the mc68881 at $150 (but one can probably do better).

Yikes!  That's mighty outrageous considering the chip...

 > Does anybody know of a source of low-cost mc68881 (FPU) chips?

Post to comp.sys.sun.hardware -- I did, and was able to get a pair of 
20MHz 68881s for $30 + postage...Your mileage may vary, of course, but 
it's worth a shot...

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