Thanks Dieter,

I might have to take my chances and see what's available in late
August; I'm currently saving every cent for a trip to the UK, Europe
and Japan in July/August so I can't really afford to buy any new
modules at the moment.

If they have run out by then I guess I'll just have to go into DIY
mode and build my own rectifier module.

Cheers,
Adam-V
--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "Dieter Doepfer" <hardware@...>
wrote:

>
> Adam,
>
> right, it's the A-197. The A-197 is running out as the sales are

very poor

> (only a few modules per month) and we are still selling modules from the
> first series manufactured early in 2004. Consequently it does not

make sense

> to manufacture a new series if the modules in stock are sold out.

The only

> solution for such poor selling modules would be smaller series (e.g.

25 or

> 50 only) but this would increase the price by about 20-30% as the

production

> charges depend highly upon the production quantity (especially

because of

> the pc boards, the front panels and the assembly installations).
>
> So I'd recommend to order an A-197 a.s.a.p. if you are interested as I
> assume that they will be sold out about fall 2006. Another solution

is to

> find one of the customers who received a free A-197 board early this

year

> (sorry - we have no boards left) and to built the desired rectifier

module.

> Maybe some customers ordered free boards without using them really. You
> could try to find them in this Yahoo group as the information

concering the

> free pcbs was published in this group only. Maybe Analogue Haven

(USA) has

> some left.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>