> FREE sample arrive in NZ (bottom of the world) in about a week

Nat semi also have a small quantity buy system. With the sample
system,  I was getting samples from the US before the local guys
had come back with a price.
"A web site just for design engineers" and "pre-production
quantities" it says in the ad.

http://buy.national.com

Steve.

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Steve Baldwin                Electronic Product Design
TLA Microsystems Ltd         Microcontroller Specialists
PO Box 15-680, New Lynn      http://www.tla.co.nz
Auckland, New Zealand        ph  +64 9 820-2221
email: steveb@tla.co.nz      fax +64 9 820-1929
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