If you only knew... My first '877 was in a ceramic case. With a window. Necessary while debugging the reflash phase Andy Spehro Pefhany on 05/01/2000 08:10:09 PM Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: (bcc: Andrew Kunz/TDI_NOTES) Subject: Re: Microchip Samples At 04:45 PM 5/1/00 PDT, you wrote: >There are two parts of the "digikey" answer. > >1) If digikey is willing to send out free samples, that's great. >2) Even if digikey ISN'T willing to send out free samples, the fact that > you can order small quantities and get them shipped nearly instantly > sorta does away with most of the reasons for the "free sample racket" > to exist in the first place... > >BillW > Except that volume users usually get samples many months before outfits like Digikey get stock in. Of course they often have interesting flaws to add to the excitement of belonging to such an exclusive club. Best regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com Contributions invited->The AVR-gcc FAQ is at: http://www.bluecollarlinux.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=