I like OSHPark. They are not the cheapest but they also would drill tightly 
spaced feed thru's that I could pass wire wrap wire through ( uninsulated ). I, 
also, didn't need to create Gerber files for drilling ( always a possible 
source of errors from a past place I worked at ).
I used KiCad.
Their boards were purple, if that meets your fancy.
Dwight

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From: Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 3, 2023 1:28 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Cc: Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net>
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Friden (was Silly question about S-100 and video monitors)



> On Sep 2, 2023, at 3:49 PM, ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> On 2023-09-02 8:01 a.m., Will Cooke via cctalk wrote:
>>> On 09/02/2023 8:50 AM CDT Peter Corlett via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 04:32:57PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> I think that way has been for a while. Having a hard time finding a 68B50
>> Unicorn Electronics has the 68B50 for $7.99
>> https://www.unicornelectronics.com/IC/6800.html
> $ 30 mininum order and 4 weeks shipping to canada stopped me.
> $12.06 US from china. (ebay).
> I am having my PCB's made from PCBWAY in china. Shipping takes longer
> than them being made. ~ $100 US for the PCB's and ~ $50 for shipping and tax.

I like OSHPark, US based and pretty quick, decent pricing.  Low enough I 
haven't felt compelled to look for cheaper alternatives.  One nice feature is 
that they take KiCAD board files directly, no need to generate the low level 
Gerber files.  One oddity is their purple (or black) solder mask, but one gets 
used to it.  2 or 4 layers and some other variations.

        paul

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