At 10:39 AM 5/17/2005, Dominic Stratten wrote: >We regret that we are unable to fulfill the sample request >as follows: > > Part Number : LM331N for 5 pieces. > Company Name: Picbits. > Application : Automotive. > > Please contact your local distributor to obtain samples: > http://www.national.com/contacts/ I've run into this from National before - and talked with them about it. All it means is that they want you to contact your favorite Nat Semi distributor for the samples. In my case, I simply call the local Arrow office and they send out what I ask for - free of charge. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 21 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2005) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist