Dennis, The MAX232A is a direct replacement for the MAX202. Jameco http://www.jameco.com carries the MAX202 and they appear to be in stock. The MAX232 is also a direct replacement -- except that you need to replace the 4 .1uf caps near the IC with 1uf caps. It actually works with the .1uf caps it just can't drive the RS232 lines as hard. Hope this helps, ..Eugene.. AE2F -----Original Message----- From: owner-writelog@contesting.com [mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On Behalf Of dennis egan Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 8:26 PM To: writelog@contesting.com Subject: [WriteLog] Need MAX202 IC for W5XD Keyer Anyone have one of the MAX202 ICs around that want to sell? I have all the parts on order from Digikey, but they are backordered on that key part and won't have it until April. Thanks in advance. Dennis NB1B -- WWW: http://www.writelog.com/ Submissions: writelog@contesting.com Administrative requests: writelog-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-writelog@contesting.com -- WWW: http://www.writelog.com/ Submissions: writelog@contesting.com Administrative requests: writelog-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-writelog@contesting.com