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Cheap source of good machined IC sockets?


nebula
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I'm a bit pissed off that I received some IC sockets from Newark that look like these on line:

http://canada.newark.com/fci/dilb8p-223tlf/dip-socket-8pos-through-hole/dp/53K0893?Ntt=53k0893

http://canada.newark.com/fci/dilb14p-223tlf/dip-socket-14pos-through-hole/dp/53K0888?Ntt=53k0888

I just got them today, and they're not as pictured. If you look at the datasheet links on those pages, you'll see that they're not the nice sockets with the circular machined holes ... instead I got cheap, dual-wipe sockets. Caveat emptor, I suppose. :mad:

I bought quite a few of them for my 9090. I really wanted the boards to look nice, and I do prefer the machined sockets if you think you might actually be changing the ICs around a fair bit. The problem is that they're always so expensive!

Does anybody know of a decent line of machined IC sockets that I can buy 50 of without having to mortgage my house?

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