Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!bhare From: bhare@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Microcontrollers: need where to get info Message-ID: <8624@cup.portal.com> Date: 1 Sep 88 00:24:05 GMT References: <185@limbic.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 10 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.4719 With regard to data books in general... Go through the larger distributors (I.E. Schweber, Hamilton Avnet, Pioneer, Gerber.....). They will usually respond in a short period of time and never seem to require money up front. Even as a grad student I found that I could rely on these sources whereas the manufacturers never seemed to respond. - Brad Hare - Spectra Physics ( all disclaimers need apply)