>I ordered a couple of 93C66P's from Jameco that I thought were made by
> Microchip, for use in a datalogger that I am
>creating with a PIC.  These chips have a manufacturer's label of EXCEL, is this
> a different company from Microchip?  If
>so are they programmed in the same way? Are the lifespans as long as Microchip
> claims?

 I don't know about the longevity, but for one thing there is no 8 bit mode.
I only lost half a day of screwing around with my code before I discovered
this one.

Hope this helps.
later....carl

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Henry Carl Ott      N2RVQ
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