Digi-Key for sure.  It's here in Minnesota where I am.

Jinx wrote:

>Hi Olin, I agree with your comments (apart from the one
>about 8 pin, they certainly have a place and are cheap),
>although I was careful to preface my suggestions with "what
>you can get"
>
>As I've mentioned before, even here in NZ, an apparently
>technologically advanced country, there are many PICs, some
>of them "entry level" like the 18F1220/1320, that cannot be
>bought, even from the official MC reps, at less than indent
>quantities. Often this is at least $300 worth, so there are some
>PICs I'll probably never work with
>
>For starting off, considering the hours that will have to be put
>in just to get up to speed with PIC programming and comparing
>that to the cost of a PIC (even the sometimes outrageous price
>at some of the following), the most convenient place for Shay to
>shop might Digikey/Mouser/RS
>
>  
>
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