Fry's doesn't carry PICs ... I asked them (Arques Ave store).
-chris

At 03:17 PM 4/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>You may want to try Fry's Electronics
>550 E. Brokaw Road
>San Jose, CA
>(408) 487-1000
>(408) 487-1018 FAX
>
>Holiday Hours
>Monday-Friday 8AM - 10PM
>Saturday 9AM - 10PM
>Sunday 9AM - 8PM
>
>Bill
>
>At 10:52 AM 4/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>I have a PIC16F877 which just got fried and I've ported my application back
>>to my PIC16F84, but I would prefer to get another PIC16F877 today or
>>tomorrow because I am close to the very limit of the 'F84 1K internal
>>program memory limit.
>>
>>I'm in the Sunnyvale/San Jose, CA area days and San Francisco evenings.
>>
>>The application must be complete for an art show opening on 13 April in San
>>Francisco.
>>
>>Can anyone let me know where I can zoom by with my car and pick one up in
>>this area?  Price is not so critical.
>>
>>cellphone:  (415) 254-4545
>>office:     (650) 584-5591
>>
>>Help is greatly appreciated!
>>Thanks in advance,
>>-chris
>>
>>P.S.
>>We are creating a large-scale art installation using 2 x Polaroid 6500
>>ultrasonic sensors and 60 DC electric motors to control this interactive
>>art work.  I created a system which expanded the I/O of the PIC16F84 to 120
>>inputs and 120 outputs using a 4-wire serial link via 8-conductor LAN
>>cables (differential pairs using AM26LS31 and AM26LS32A).  It's very cool
>>(if it works).  The PIC talks to a Macintosh via s/w UART (or '877 h/w
>>USART).  The Macintosh is running MAX MIDI software from IRCAM to control
>>this whole thing.
>>
>>We are still having problems with the 6500 sonars.  We have tried many
>>things to get them to detect up to the advertised 35 feet.  All tries have
>>seen a distance limit of 19 feet.  Any hints are welcome.
>>
>>Contact me if you'd be interested to see this or help me get my last bugs
>>sorted out!
>>
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