(Added the [PIC]:...) Well, I registered my company a couple of months ago, and have ordered samples two times. Have got three 12F675, three 16F876A, three 18F282, one 18F452, one 16F877A and some other support IC's. Very fine service ! Takes just a couple of days from the Phillipines personaly delivered at my door. B.t.w, our kids was whatching the film "Cast Away" the other day, just when the FedEx package was delivered. They was *VERY* impressed ! Anyone wh have seen "Cast Away" knows why :-) :-) Anyway, I was told by the samples dept at Microchip, that four sample orders a month was the "maximum order freq". Jan-Erik Svderholm S:t Anna Data Sweden. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.