Same thing here in the States.  I waited one month & finally called the
distributor named in the letter.

They shipped immediately after I called.

-Dan KF6IZO

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At 05:11 PM 2/25/98 +0900, you wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Don McKenzie wrote:
>
>> Paul B. Webster VK2BZC wrote:
>> >
>> > Tom Mariner wrote:
>> > > b) order the CD Rom version of the Technical Library which may
>> > contain
>> > > all you need. Both may be ordered on-line at the Microchip Web Site.
>>
>>
>> >   Nice idea, *IF* you live in the US.  I tried ordering the CD-ROM,
>> > seemed to be a perfectly simple request.  What happened?  Nothing for
>> > several weeks, then a letter in the post on Microchip letterhead but
>> > in
>> > an envelope postmarked in this country, saying that the request had
>> > been
>> > passed on to the local dealers and they would contact me in due
>> > course.
>> >
>> >   THAT was several weeks ago.  Gee whiz, ALL they had to do was to
>> > mail
>> > me the CD from the US.  Even by the cheapest surface mail, not even
>> > asking for air mail, it would have arrived in a few weeks.  What have
>> > I
>> > got now?  *Nothing*, apart from a totally, 100% useless letter!
>> >
>> >   OK, I feel a *bit* better, a bit wiser, but no data.
>> Prompted by the recent messages on the list, I just submitted a request
>> today for the CD-Rom so it will be interesting to see if I get the same
>> result.
>>
>> It seems we have the same luck in these types of matters.
>>
>
>FWIW, I'm still waiting for my CD to arrive here in Tokyo.  Request made
>mid-november, letter dated December 11th...
>
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>dvc@gol.com             - Global Online Japan
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>
>

-Dan Welch
amersci@flash.net