137179 replacements (again)

> To make a long story short, I replaced the AMI
> 137179 (my last spare) and it booted up just fine.
> I just thought I'd let you know in case it may
> happen to someone else. I have a few boards that
> could be brought back to life, Clay aren't you working
> on a replacement ?
>
Yeah, I have a design done and working. I guess this is as good of time as
any to bring it up again...

The couple times I asked about these it was met with luke-warm response at
best, so I haven't bothered producing any. There seems to be a growing
demand though, so I'll offer up the following:

I can produce replacement 137179's on a small circuit board (about 2"x3")
for $25 each. It's about 12 IC's now. They're surface mount except for
some memory which is DIP.

If people on this list and/or RGVAC will commit to buy at least 40 boards
(total, between everyone) to cover part of my costs I'll go ahead and do all
the work to have a production run made. Whatever boards are "unspoken for"
out of the production run I'll keep and sell off at ~$30/ea over time.

If you'd be interested in buying one (a couple? a few?) please send me an
e-mail stating how many you'd be willing to buy. I'll give it a couple days
and post the results.

-Clay
Received on Mon Jun 7 11:51:36 1999