Tim Gray wrote: > > Ok example : industrial computers, the only catalog I can find with pricing > on pc-104 cards has the 2 port serial board for $1299.95, Go somewhere else, that's outrageous. For that price they ought to include a weekend in the Bahamas. > have no idea on other PC104 vendors as requests for pricing/catalog have > gone un-answered. and Industrial computers wanted to know where I got their > catalog as they "only deal with companies" which may explain the > non-response form the other companies. Is there a source for PC-104 parts > that will sell to end users that are not corperations or companies and will > probably only buy one item from them? Some vendors are friendly to small quantity developers. If a vendor gives you trouble, call back the next day and tell them you *are* from the sort of companiy they want to deal with, and you'd like samples for evaluation. Alternatively, you could suggest you are doing research for an academic project, maybe a thesis, and they should be sympathetic and sell you small quantities. Basically; lie. :) All the big companies, PC/104 vendors want to deal with, were once one-two person operations or hobbyists that could only buy small quanties. Don't feel bad about exaggerating your position to develop a wearable computer. >From Experience the following vendors have been pretty friendly to small quantity purchasers. Ampro (word of mouth) RTD (experience, bought pcmcia controller) Parvus (you'll pay for it though) I'm sure others can add to this list. -Paul -- R. Paul McCarty / DARS Coordinator // x52059 317 Lattimore Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 Computers don't make errors; what they do, they do on purpose.-Dale/KOTH -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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