> Van: Graham <grichter@MWEB.CO.ZA>
> Aan: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Onderwerp: PIC's across the world
> Datum: woensdag 5 mei 1999 14:57
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm from South Africa and I'm studying for a degree in Electronic
> Engineering. In Pretoria we don't have that many suppliers of electronic
> components and I was wondering how much a PIC costs anywhere else in the
> world. I pay 40 Rands for a 16F84 here, and with the current exchange
> rate I think would be equal to about 5 or 6 Dollars.

I'm living in the Netherlands.  For a 1-off my boss pays about $6.5.   In
quantities of 100+ the price goes down to about $4.5.  But when I try to
buy one thru the _electronics-store_ here it'll cost me about $17 (30
guilders) !

Greetz,
  Rudy Wieser