Relative to ....

     #2 - A lot of us in the factory read PICLIST and some actually
     contribute some worthwhile info from time to time.

     #3 - Since the word "Flash" has become a generic term for many circuit
     and process variations of electrically eraseable and reprogrammable
     memories; several micro vendors are calling their EEPROM program
     memory technology "Flash".  I personally like the term "Byte Block
     Flash" ;) because it is more descriptive than just "Flash".
     Naturally, we could tell you our future technology roadmap, but then
     we would have to kill you.  The data memories will continue to be
     implemented in EEPROM technology.

     Rgds, Brian.


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Subject: News from today's mail
Author:  Andrew Warren <fastfwd@IX.NETCOM.COM> at Internet_Exchange
Date:    7/29/96 4:20 PM


Went through my mail today and discovered that:

1)  Franklin Software, Inc., have dropped their plans to introduce a
    C compiler for the PIC.  No big surprise.

2)  Microchip's Corporate Marketing Communications group reads the
    PICLIST... The newest issue of MicroScope includes a short
    unattributed quote from the PICLIST and a whole paragraph from
    Myke Predko (who's referred to as an "unsolicited customer"...
    Pretty funny).

3)  Microchip have apparently renamed the 16C84A... As far as I can
    tell, it's now called the 16F84.  The "F", I guess, will
    eventually mean "Flash", but for now, the parts are all EEPROM.
    I'd really like to know what the deal is with these parts (and
    whether the eventual flash parts will use regular EEPROM for the
    high-endurance data memory).  Anyone know?

-Andy

Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com
Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California
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