On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 8:51 AM Peter Corlett via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Thanks to inflation, $0.25 in 1972 is worth $1.51 now. Likewise, $1.25 has > inflated to $7.54. So they're cheaper in real terms than they used to be. > > However, it's still not entirely comparable, as I suspect nobody's making > 74-series chips any more so you're buying NOS. A modern equivalent would > be a > microcontroller, which start at well under a dollar. > Logic chips still have their uses, and are most certainly still being made. You can still get 74LS parts, in a DIP package even: https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/texas-instruments/SN74LS00N/296-1626-5-ND/277272 Note: it's an active production part, too. Kyle
