Haha, thanks everyone for the detailed info! For now, I just stuck in
a 10 uF + 0.1 uF until I buy some 1 uF. The thing also works perfectly
without any capacitor at all, but that's probably because I'm powering
it from USB.

I never intended to question the datasheet. I just wanted to know what
was the reasoning behind the 1 uF choice since everyone keeps telling
me to use 0.1 uF. I also wanted to know if there was an alternative
since I did not have any 1 uF caps available.

Also, I wonder why my very simple topics always get so long, deep and
sometimes violent :P

Anyway, thanks again to all! My MAX233A works beautifully! I love
being able to program and test while viewing output without touching
my device. Development goes far more rapidly!
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