>I'm thinking these are first-offs from the sample run (date code: 9904B2P
>whatever that means, 4th week of 99 when the silicon was made or when the
chip
>was made ??) Someone said end of march for production runs, but then
that's what
>mchip said about January!)

B2 is the version of the die.  It isn't released yet AFAIK.  You probably
also can find an "ES" on the chip.

Andy


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