At 03:19 PM 9/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
>You unfaithful sackheads!
>
>Just how short is your memory?  Microchip has been really good at meeting
>delivery.  With the one caveat, don't expect a part until it is fully
>released to the public.
>

My memory goes back to 4 weeks ago when I was promised the chips on such
and so date, and production on such and so date which turned out to be
totally false.  Its one thing to say originally : hey, it'll be 18 weeks.
Its quite another to say two, then three weeks later say 18 (for a total of
22 : 5 months).

>The phenomena that you are seeing now is that nasty trend called allocation.
>The semiconductor slump ended abruptly, and all (I said ALL!) manufacturers
>are feeling a bit of pressure to meet demand.  We were warned two months ago
>by Microchip that allocation times were going out, and that we should get in
>the pipe, and that the trend should be short lived.
>
>Call your frigin distributor and ask them if life is peachy right now.  One
>of my distys is having some allocation with discrete semi too.  So jump
>ship.. Motorola has one of the worst allocation records in the industry!
>Fools!
>
>Like f__king rats off a ship.  Makes me sick.
>
>Chris Eddy
>Pioneer Microsystems, Inc.