> Try a search on www.findchips.com > > Compare availability (in stock) of 16F88 and 16F818 I take your point, kind of. That's rather limited though as no mention is made of Arrow, MEC (trade) or RS (retail), all of whom are international traders. Possibly those agencies are handled by companies mentioned in the search results, but I'd have thought they be big enough not to. NewarkInOne is Farnell, so they got that one If you were outside the US I don't think you could be too disheartened if you didn't find what you wanted -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist