[Coco] 63C09EP limited source

[Mark Marlette]

james,

Two posts in a row that we agree on. :)

I have a watch on Ebay but nothing is appearing. You can find deals but 
when you are selling the volumes that I do at Cloud-9 one, two, three 
just don't cut it.

Regards,

Mark

Quoting jdaggett at gate.net:


> Mark

>

> These surplus houses deal in customers t hat need small replacement 

> stock and/or need

> parts quickly. Richardson speacializes in manufacturering obsolete 

> ICs. Over the past six

> years or so , most chip makers have sold their mask sets to 

> Richardson and have allowed t

> hem to make replacement chips. Simply it was cheaper for teh c h hip 

> makers to do so,

> than to keep older fabrication equiptment runing doing very low 

> production runs. Problem

> with Richardson is there is up to 26 weeks lead time to get the 

> parts. I would imagine that if

> the surplus houses get to high in prices,  they will out price the 

> market. At $30 a unit that

> maybe now happening.

>

> I bought my 4 HD63C09EPs on Ebay about three years ago at less than 

> $3 each. I bought

> MC68B09EPs at less than a $1 each.,

>

> james

>

> On 18 Sep 2006 at 20:53, Mark Marlette wrote:

>

>> Roger,

>>

>> Not sure how you derive little or no demand?

>>

>> This is their business, believe me they know what the pulse of the

>> market is. They are chip brokers, they really don't have them. A common

>> stock, a bigger fish actually does.

>>

>> I have sold hundreds of these processors and yes I buy ~$2k worth at a

>> time. I once sent out four RFQs at one time and one of the dealers ask

>> me if I had done so. I told him I did. He told me that what I did was

>> actually working againest me because they see a peak of

>> interest(demand) and the price goes up. Could be bad timing, others

>> inquiring about HD63x09EPs or someone just did a big buy. It has been

>> awhile since I have purchased any. After last years taxes..I was

>> carrying over $15k in raw inventory at Cloud-9. A hobby growing out of

>> control.

>>

>> The market is there.

>>

>> Mark

>> Cloud-9

>>

>>

>> Quoting Roger Taylor <webmaster at coco3.com>:

>>

>> > At 03:46 PM 9/18/2006, you wrote:

>> >> Good afternoon all. As the text below and the subject shows, I have

>> >> found a (limited) source for some 63C09EP processors. It is an

>> >> 'obsolete parts' dealer with an office here in  Florida. He shows 38

>> >> in stock, and just under $30 a piece.

>> >>

>> >> I was wondering what your thoughts would be on this. I certainly

>> >> cannot afford $1140 for these and I have no clue if he'd be willing

>> >> to sell a smaller quantity. On the other hand, out of about 10 quote

>> >> requests, this guy is the only one who responded to my inquiry.

>> >>

>> >> Thoughts? Suggestions?

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> Brian

>> >

>> >

>> > It seems that every time a bulk of these CPUs are transferred to

>> > another entity, the price goes up again.  With little or no demand at

>> > this time, you'll be sitting on this investment probably for years.

>> > However, maybe you could recover by offering to install the CPUs

>> > yourself.  Also, NitrOS-9 fans might want to grab a spare or two if

>> > the price is right.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

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