Jim, Unfortunately I already ordered and received mine. I did however note if you search for AM29F800BB on ebay there are plenty of chips available from various sellers.
Also, while I have not tried any of these the Macronix MX29F400CBTI-70G available from Digikey looks to be a compatible match. Brian On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 12:09 AM, Jim Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > So... I decided to pull the trigger on building my own set of REX modules, > and now I'm a bit stuck at verical's shipping-charges gunpoint... > > The main thing I was concerned about was that the cost of the boards from > OSH Park was not discussed anywhere and not available without making an > account, so I'd assumed it was going to be the most outrageous cost of the > whole project. After finding out that it's not anywhere near what I was > expecting to pay (and shipping to Canada is free), I was nearly giddy and > ordered six REX boards and three QUAD boards (figured why not, it was only > a little bit more and if I can figure out what SRAM chip would work with it > I could build some). > > Ordering from Digikey is also no problem - switch over to digikey.ca and > shipping is only $8 for orders under $100. > > Then I go to order the flash chips from verical. I'm sitting here staring > at the checkout form now, jaw agape, as it offers me a choice of shipping > methods ranging in price from $46.70 to $57.76 (for half a dozen > chips!!!). Apparently they only ship to Canada by courier. Chatted with > their customer service and this was confirmed - no option for a cheaper and > slower shipping method. > > From the activity over the last day or two here, it seems like I might > have missed the boat on this, but: if anybody is ordering the flash chips > from verical, would you mind adding six more chips to your order and > mailing them to me after you get them? I'll happily pay you in advance. > > (I used to have things shipped to a PO box service in Point Roberts, WA > whenever I would run into highway robbery shipping like this, but I don't > currently have a valid passport so I can't drive across to pick anything up > now.) > > > > > > > > jim > >
