> > I've always been wary of using Mot (and SGS-Thomson) MCUs - whenever I
> > go to various MCU or PLD seminars, the one thing you can count on is
> > there'll be someone moaning about not being able to get hold of
> > Motorola parts!
> PTM: About as bad as Intel !

It's a problem or potential problem with any micro manufacturer. To point
specifically at any of the above isn't really all that fair. For all we
know, someone could be designing a PIC into the next Tamaguchi and swallow
all of Microchips capacity for 12 months. Of all the micro devices, the
vanilla 8051 is one of the few that is less likely to suffer that problem
because so many people make it. Otherwise, you pays your money, you takes
your chances.

Steve.

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  Very funny Scotty.  Now beam down my clothes.
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Steve Baldwin                Electronic Product Design
TLA Microsystems Ltd         Microcontroller Specialists
PO Box 15-680                email: steveb@kcbbs.gen.nz
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