On Mar 2, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Howard Winter wrote: > I see we're getting ripped off again on this side of the pond > selecting UK gives a price for the DIP 18F258 of UK=A33 (say US$5.75) That's the price shown here in the US currently as well (5.87 for I/SP, 5.48 for I/SO) The ones I got for $1.57 were PIC18F258-E/SP (now, why those would be cheaper is an interesting question, but I scoured the list of parts pretty carefully to find "bargins.") (but I'm sure you guys in Europe would never THINK of buying non-RoHS parts... :-) BillW -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist