> Unfortunately, neither the 627 or 628 are available in Hong Kong.
> Maybe this is because the Microchip office here is very poor (my two
> dealings with them recently showed them to be uninterested in any
> business), or it is just that so little original work is done in Asia
> that new designs from north America/Europe have not filtered thru to
> here yet.

Peter,

I don't know if you enjoy a bit of irony, but some time ago you this
to say on the very same subject:

> You know this type of complaining really gets to me!
> By being on this list YOU are face to face with the exponentially
> increasing explosion in knowledge happening today. Yet you
> want the world in new Zealand to stay as it was in the 1960's
> with a fully equiped DSE/Jaycar down the street with 104
> monoblocks in a choice of .1" or .2" pitch.  Get real.  If you want
> to live in a backwater for electronic hardware development then
> accept that there is an increasing cost.

Welcome to the collective (ie. anywhere but the US) backwater. :-)

Steve.

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TLA Microsystems Ltd         Microcontroller Specialists
PO Box 15-680, New Lynn      http://www.tla.co.nz
Auckland, New Zealand        ph  +64 9 820-2221
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