In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, Coriolis wrote:

Im just stating that obsolescence is to be expected in the industry, my favorite SRAM was discontinued last year, and there is no equivalent replacement. Its the breaks and you have to roll with them, blaming Ken and Parallax doesn't solve anything but make all parties miserable. I was trying to illustrate that the missing IO pins can be replaced with relatively little hassle, and Ken doesn't deserve our ire, he tried his best to make things work and chose not to unessesarily alarm us when the situation was still "if-y". The SX line has been in the process of transistion for a while now, his warning us earlier would have accomplished absolutely nothing other than having the stock run out even sooner, either way the stocks would have been depleted within a couple days, and you still would have complained. I don't need to walk in you shoes, everyone thats been around for a while has experienced problems with obsolescence, the worst is when a specialty chip hits the dustbins and there is no alternative except an expensive ASIC solution. The loss of the SX52 is far from this situation, all thats lost is 4 I/O pins, in the grand scheme of things its nothing to loose sleep over. Im sorry I have offended you, but I feel its a situation that must be taken in stride. Lamenting about it's loss is fine (see my first post to the thread), but blaming/b'tching isn't.

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