Homebrew PCBs

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:23:45 +0200, hjf2k2 <drgenio@...> wrote:

>
> Lucky you. I contacted the distributor and I have to fill a form
> stating the estimated annual production, estimated date for
> prototypes, etc. And they will EVALUATE if they send the samples. I
> imagine the answer: "dear sir/madam: we have evaluated your request
> and found it doesn't meet our requirements, so we have decided to
> reject it.". Or something like that :(. But I'll try anyway


Don't go over the distributor, go over maxim directly.
www.maxim-ic.com -> search for the chip you want -> bottom left "order  
samples" -> get them.

I don't understand why this shouldn`t work for you.
As soon as you are starting to talk to people they can tell you to sod  
off, if you use the web interface nobody thinks about you and it just goes  
automatic.

I never got any literature request filled though ;-)

ST