On Dec 9, 2005, at 3:32 PM, alan smith wrote: > .I never design in a maxim part. Period. Even after they acquired Dallas? Dallas had/has some nice parts, and they never had quite the "unobtainium" reputation of the Maxim parts. Has that gotten worse since the merger? I was always a bit surprised that Maxim bought Dallas rather than the other way around... BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist