On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 01:22:26PM -0500, M. Adam Davis wrote: > Usually an A indicates a die shrink and general revision (fix minor > bugs, perhaps enhance data retention, etc). > > Once in awhile the changes are more substantial (change in programming > sequence) > > You can usually find out exactly what changed in the back of the data sheet. One last point. Those A chips (and the 16F648A is looking pretty good ;-) are still listed as future product. So they aren't available yet... BAJ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads