On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Bob Drzyzgula wrote:

> According to the July press release,
>
>    "Prices range from $6.16 each for the PIC18C242
>    to $7.41 each for the PIC18C452, all in
>    10,000-unit quantities. Samples are planned
>    for August, with volume shipments expected in
>    the third quarter. The MPLAB-C18 C compiler is
>    expected to be available in August for $495."
>
> By my calander, 3Q99 is winding down... mostly just
> September to go. Any sightings?

I'm curious too. gpasm and gpsim are going to be released very soon with
support for the 18cxx2 core.

If you get a chance you really oughta download the new data sheet and read
about this puppy. It's quite impressive. While developing gpsim I've come
across some really neat things you can do with the new instruction set.

BTW, in case anyone from microchip is monitoring this thread, I've got a
couple of  questions about the 18cxx2 core:

1) Do the rotate instructions REALLY affect the Z-bit?

2) What happens when an indirect register is accessed indirectly?
e.g.

  fsr0h:fsr0l = &indf1
  fsr1h:fsr1l = &some_register

  does

  clrf  indf0

  clear some_register?

Scott