Gus Calabrese <wft@frii.com> wrote:

> I vote that pricing be discussed without whining and that whining
> about price increases be directed to Microchip representatives.

    Me too, Gus.

    Those of you who are planning to whine to your Microchip reps
    might also want to actually LOOK at which prices increased; with
    few exceptions, the price increases ONLY affect parts that heve
    been superceded by newer versions.

    Also -- and this has been ignored in the brief discussion so far
    on the list -- some prices have gone DOWN.

    For instance...

    While the 16C73's price has increased, the 16C73A's has not.
    The 16C84 is more expensive than it used to be, but the 16F84 is
    actually CHEAPER than the "old" 16C84 price.  The old 93Cx6
    EEPROMs with selectable 8-bit/16-bit operation has increased in
    price, but the newer variants (available in EITHER 8-bit or
    16-bit versions) have not.

    -Andy

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