Thank you for doing that research for us. I'm passing it on to my partners, and we'll make good use of it.
On 8/18/05, Jack Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got off the phone with Gino, at Partminer's help desk. If > anybody wants his direct number, write to me privately; I don't want to put > it on a list that could end up where a web crawler could find it. > He said the following: > > 1. There is no official registry of IC part numbers. > > 2. Partminer's CAPS data base is as complete a list of existing part > numbers as exists anywhere. If an IC has ever been sold, it's almost > certainly listed there. > > 3. There's a charge for a subscription to the CAPS data base, but it can be > searched indirectly for free through the Partminer web site. You have to > register, but there's no charge for that. > > 4. If we search for a proposed part number and similar nearby part numbers, > and don't get a hit, we can be pretty confident it's available. > > 5. If we send them a data sheet for a new part, they'll put it in the data > base, and everybody else will be able to see that the number is in use. > > > I've just registered with Partminer, using the name and address of > my last company with my own phone number and this e-mail address. You have > to supply a company address and phone number, and since OGP doesn't have > anything but an e-mail address, that won't do. I should have my temporary > password soon, and I'll check out the part numbers I proposed yesterday. > > So I think this completes the task. We know how to prevent conflict > between Traversal IC part numbers and anybody else's. > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
