>Of course they sample nice....guess if everyone on the >list requested samples time and time again Well, Maxim sorta sample nice. Seems to depend on the part. One colleague asked for 3 samples of an ordinary sort of part (I2C output expander IIRC) and got 1 or 2, as they seemed to figure it was cheap enough to go buy if you needed some. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist