I have a question for the list:  should we encourage Scenix to package the
    SX48 in DIP for development purposes?  Their plan so far is for fine pitch
    SMT only.  Is this a significant barrier?  The parts have five 8 bit ports,
    4k (12 bit) words flash and 256 registers.

48 pin DIPs are painfully large, but I'd like to see it in a PLCC (either 44
pin PLCC missing a couple pins, or 52pin PLCC with some unused pins.)  The
0.05 inch pitch is sufficiently usable (and socketable) for development use,
I think.  Also, IIRC, one of the few existing 52pin PLCCs is a 6811 variant
that the scenix might enjoy competing with...

BillW