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   From: gnuarm@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/13/2013 2:38 PM, DaveC wrote:   
   >> Why not hack in an oscillator? It would be dead-on frequency, without buying   
   > a   
   >> custom-ground $80 crystal that may not work in that circuit.   
   >   
   > If I can find a 4-pin DIP oscillator at 8.86723 M I'd be tempted. But don't   
   > see such an animal...   
      
   I haven't looked at standard frequencies, but you might have better luck   
   finding that frequency if you drop a significant digit or two.  It is   
   unlikely the original part was specified to 1 ppm, 100 ppm would likely   
   do the job just fine.  Didn't you say this was for a display?  It will   
   probably work fine with just five digits or even four digits of   
   frequency specified.  Is either 8.867 MHz or 8.868 MHz a common value   
   perhaps?  Really anything near 8.87 MHz should do the job.   
      
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   Rick   
      
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