>And, knowing about that, I approached the Microchip speakers during a break
>in the 18F class at the Masters Conference in July 2003.  When I asked about
>the status of the investigation and resolution of this problem, they all
>claimed to have no idea what I was talking about.
>
>I had avoided asking the question in front of the whole class so that they
>might be more inclined to discuss the issue candidly with me, but even when
>it was just several M'chip guys and myself they had nothing to say about it.
>
>As I recall, the first errata admitting the problem and announcing the
>availability of fixed silicon came out in November 2003 -- less than four
>months after that "discussion."
>
>Several months later I contacted Microchip to find out what the date codes
>were for the new silicon so I could safely order some through a distributor
>for my inventory.  The "answers" were very evasive and no date codes were
>provided.  "Just work through a M'chip rep" or something like that.
>
>A rather dark chapter in Microchip's history, IMHO.
>
>-Randy
><http://www.glitchbuster.com>http://www.glitchbuster.com

Interesting post Randy,

Guess who I bought some of my bugged parts from? Now who
would foot the bill if I wanted to return them?  These parts have
been though how many hands? This just gets messy.

I noticed that you do not sell them anymore. I actually wanted to
buy some B4 revisions so I went to your web site to order them.
I simply was going to foot the loss myself. It is trivial compared
to the losses caused with the bugged 18F252s and 18F8720s

I was not surprised to see that you had removed the 18F1320 from
your inventory.

Regards,

Jim





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