In Portugal it's the same thing. Several months passed and nothing. Fernando Dan Welch wrote: 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 > > ============================================== > 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... > > > >-- > >David Van Cleef - Chief Engineer (and Cat Herder) > >dvc@gol.com - Global Online Japan > >dvc@aeug.org > > > > > > -Dan Welch > amersci@flash.net