[jocko]

concur. As bad as it might sound to say so - use the LMC catalog to identify what you need and then see if the above vendors have it. There are certainly some things that it's just fine to use LMC for, however, choose wisely. If originality/quality "could" be an issue in your purchase, then I'd go somewhere else first. Don't get me wrong, I've probably put the LMC telephone operator's kid through college, I buy stuff from them often - just saying to shop around and if the same thing is available from LMC AND one of the other places listed above, I now usually go with the board vendors. I do recall how thrilled I was the first time I got an LMC catalog also - so we're not poo-pooing it, I use it all the time!