> Agreed on the Mouser front, purchasing from them has always > been a completely painless experience Same here (New Zealand). Particularly now that Active Components are their distributor. They amalgamate orders and those are delivered in bulk from the US, so you pay only local freight from Auckland, as if it were from mouser.co.nz, not the US freight from mouser.com The only slight downside is that you might wait a week, which is generally no big deal. Otherwise there's RS or Element 14 if it's urgent Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .