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They can't. One of the parts needed to make them is no longer made itself. There's only something like 200 of the 440 multi made so when one pops up, it's going to go for big bucks. One sold for $1200 a year or so ago.
 
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They can't. One of the parts needed to make them is no longer made itself. There's only something like 200 of the 440 multi made so when one pops up, it's going to go for big bucks. One sold for $1200 a year or so ago.

What part isn't made anymore?
 
That doesn't seem that crazy... I think they were ~$350 new when they were available. Now that they've been unavailable for a few years, that's less than 2x the price (and the seller is losing ~10% from ebay/paypal fees). Percentage-wise, that's low in comparison to lots of other kits and parts that have become unavailable.

DogP
 
If I remember correctly the issue was the FPGA it was written for is no longer in production and ridiculously expensive for those remaining. I wonder if the image or whatever an FPGA design is called can be adapted for a more common one? Though I guess if it were that easy it would have already long since been done.
 
If I remember correctly the issue was the FPGA it was written for is no longer in production and ridiculously expensive for those remaining. I wonder if the image or whatever an FPGA design is called can be adapted for a more common one? Though I guess if it were that easy it would have already long since been done.

My recollection is that the FPGA runs on +5V, so it can talk to TTLs, but the new stuff is +3.3V CMOS, so you would need a boatload of level shifters to even think about making it work.
 
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