Microchip has a tendency to announce new PICs _long_ before they are
available as "Future Products".

I have been waiting, it seems, at least a year for an 18F chip.

Now the 16F85 and 16F86 look real good.

Also, I'd like to get my hands on the 8 pin 18 series chip (although that
almost sounds like an April Fools joke - the 18 core is a bit much for 8
pins).

Does anybody have any idea what the typical delay is between announcement
and general availability for a new PIC?

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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