> If you are really > interested, you should contact your Microchip Field Application Engineer. What's a Microchip Field Application Engineer ? I'm a hobbyist ... I'll just wait and get my news from this list ;) ... Eric On Friday, July 02, 1999 8:58 AM, Darrel Johansen [SMTP:darrelj@PRIMENET.COM] wr ote: > Eric Oliver wrote: > > > > What's the price and where do you get it ? I thought Digikey carried the ent ire PIC line but they have no PIC18s listed. > > This is a brand new architecture and will not be stocked at Digikey until late r > this year (I am not authorized to give you dates). If you are really > interested, you should contact your Microchip Field Application Engineer. One > nice thing about these first 18Cxxx parts is that they are pin-for-pin, > instruction-for-instruction drop-in upgrades for 16c7x type products that are > running out of "horsepower" in terms of RAM and ROM. Of course, you can also > take advantage of the new features by optimizing your code. > > Though the initial chips in this series are defined, user's applications will > drive peripherals, etc. on future versions. > > -- > ___________________________ > | Darrel Johansen | > | tempe, arizona | > | darrelj@primenet.com | > |_________________________|