On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 04:14:34PM -0700, Brendan Moran wrote:
> > There is no internal oscillator in the PIC 16F84A. That's one of the
> reasons
> > why it's fast becoming obsolete.
> >
>
> Hey... the PIC16F87x doesn't have an internal oscillator, and I don't hear
> people saying that it's going obsolete...

One. One of the reasons. The PIC16F87x family has a lot going for it. I use
it extensively. But it isn't in my comparison list because it doesn't offer
an 18/20 pin package. The 16F628 is a pin for pin replacement for the 16F84A.
It only loses one and exactly one measure to the 16F84A: it doesn't run 16F84A
code without modification. But on each and every other feature and cost
comparison, it's far superior.

BAJ

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different
ways.  See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.