Just to add to this... if you are a student or an educational
institution make sure you ask for the educational discout on the
PICSTART PLUS.  I'm not sure whether you do this with Digikey directly
or if you have to go throught Microchip but since I got this information
from my Microchip Rep yours should also be aware of the details.

Just wanted to share this and hopefully save some people a few bucks.

Charles



>Date:         Sat, 21 Feb 1998 15:13:47 -0500
>Reply-To:     pic microcontroller discussion list
<PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>From:         Mike <wb8icn@DNACO.NET>
>Subject:      PIC START PLUS From Digi-Key
>To:           PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>
>I saw Bob Blick's comment about the PIC START--but that $148.88 price
tag is
>incorrect.  I just ordered it and it is $199.++.  Seems that Microchip
>changed the price of it almost before the Digi-Key catalog came out.  I
was
>torqued!!! to say the least but ordered it anyway.  Its a shame that
>Microchip would do something like that but ...  better let it go I
guess.
>
>Just wanted to save anyone else the pain that I went through at the
time I
>ordered mine.  Its not Digi-Key's fault, and the order lady I talked to
when
>I ordered mine was very polite and full of sorry's about the whole
deal.  Be
>nice if Microchip would give us a rebate if orderd during the three
month
>period of the Digi-Key catalog currently published.
>
>Mike
>Regards...
>Mike Hall - "http://members.aol.com/mhall34450/"
>WB8ICN
>Dayton, Ohio
>


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