I just talked to Mary Burnias about EPROM prices. She is buying 1300-1500
1 MEG EPROM's for Hydra production so we have some REAL price data. It looks
very good. The leadtime issue is a concern however, and Rob Bryant is advocating
a spec buy on 1 MEG EPROM's as needed on Bloodsport and other projects.

		 1k	5k	10k

T.I. 27c010-200  $5.75  5.75    5.75    10 week leadtime
Toshiba           9.25  8.35    8.15    8-10 week
Mitsubishi        9.10  8.87    8.64    4-8  week
Atmel             6.00  5.80    5.70     ? - worried about lawsuits ?


Since 10 weeks is too long for our June 14 production date, Mary went
to distribution (Wylie) and with some leverage from TI, got the price
down to $6.30. 

Mary says the 27c512-200 costs $2.75 (EPROM) or $2.40 (OTP).

So, (2) 27c512 @ $5.50 are only slightly less than (1) 27010 @ $5.75.
When you consider PCB space, and handling costs, the 27010 probably have
the edge - finally.

I asked Mary to get a reading on the stability of the $5.75 from TI. If
the forecast is stability (particularly on rising indications), then 
we are at the point of making a strategic decision of switching to 1 meg
EPROM's in our designs. Engineering management will discuss this
further, but it looks like something to plan on.