>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Pergola [mailto:no_spam@LOCALNET.COM]
>Sent: 01 April 2004 07:22
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [PIC:] New PICs on the horizon
>
>
>Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>
>> I have now heard about these from two other sources: 6-pin
>flash PICs
>> with a 12-bit core. But wait - do these entries still appear if you
>> set your PC clock to anything but april 1?
>
>Hi Wouter,
>
>I really can't tell if you are joking or not, but as I said, I
>was not joking when I posted it.
>
>I just thought it was intriguing that these devices appear in
>the latest version of MPLAB IDE v6.50 but are not mentioned in
>the latest Microchip Product Selector Guide (April - June
>2004) released around two days ago. And yes, those PIC10F
>devices are still there in MPLAB IDE v6.50 when you change
>your PC's date -- so I don't think it was an inside job joke on us.
>
>I've seen some PICs that were advertised in the past that
>never came to fruition. I'm always interested in the 'what's
>next' department. Maybe I should have said 'stratosphere'
>instead of 'horizon' in the subject line, since it may be a
>long wait if they ever surface.

My FAE mentioned these to me a while back, said they were based on the 12
bit core.  Definitely not an April fools.

Regards

Mike




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