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Where to source IC's for resurrecting old kit in ireland?

ozpass · 2002-11-20 14:45:55

I've a couple of ancient computers that I'm in the process of resurrecting. I was wondering where one might get hold of old IC's in Ireland (in Cork if possible). When I lived in Manchester, I'd just head down to Ferranti in Oldham where they have a little shop at the back of the warehouse with millions of little drawers…

20-11-2002 2:45pm

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I've a couple of ancient computers that I'm in the process of resurrecting.

I was wondering where one might get hold of old IC's in Ireland (in Cork if possible).

When I lived in Manchester, I'd just head down to Ferranti in Oldham where they have a little shop at the back of the warehouse with millions of little drawers of old, out-of-production IC's. I don't suppose there's anything similar here is there?

The ones I'm looking for are a 75159 dual-line comparator (still in production I think) and a MC6854 ADLC (Advanced Data Link Controller)

Both are components of the Econet networking hardware used in Acorn BBC Micro's.

I can't be hacking apart other BBC's either, cos that kinda defeats the object of resurrecting them in the first place

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