Post by thread:Polar Group PIC Owners Club??????

I was reading through back issues of "New Electronics" magazine recently. They featured an ad. for the "Polar Group PIC Owners Club" that read as follows: "Membership has its privileges. You will receive regular updates in the form of a PIC Owners Club Newsletter, that will share with you the most recently discussed topics, design dilemmas and fixes. Data and applications information, the world famous Embedded Control Handbook (new 1995 copy available), access to the Polar Group Technical Support Engineering Team and the Microchip Bulletin Board System (MCHIPBBS), will all be at your finger tips......." I've got the Handbook already (cost me 12 pounds). I already have access to Microchip's FTP / WWW / BBS site. However, I would like to receive the above Newsletter. What's the catch/cost? The ad doesn't say. It just says: "All this and more when you join the Polar Group PIC Owners Club. To enrol, simply call < GIVES NAME & FAX/TEL HERE>." So does anyone know anything of this club? Any members out there? Polar, are you listening? They have an address in Bedfordshire,U.K. I sent them a fax today. If/When I get a reply I'll let you know what the story is. Chris Madden, spam_OUTmaddencTakeThisOuTitd1.ul.ie

I have joined this club. I got a nice glossy newsletter/brochure and my name on a mailing list. Nothing further has yet happened (although I expect in a month I shall get another glossy newsletter). Andy -- Andrew Errington Lancaster University .....a.erringtonKILLspam@spam@lancaster.ac.uk >I was reading through back issues of "New Electronics" magazine >recently. They featured an ad. for the "Polar Group PIC Owners Club" >that read as follows: [as follows deleted]

On Thu, 1 Jun 1995, Chris Madden wrote: > I was reading through back issues of "New Electronics" magazine > recently. They featured an ad. for the "Polar Group PIC Owners Club" > ... Well, I wasnt very impressed. I thought they were going to give me useful information, application notes and all that. What I actually got was a glossy leaflet every two months or so saying what the PIC can do, and what Polar sell. (Very little in the way of example circuits and code either). No mention of free databooks (my main incentive for applying - dont you just hate it when you buy a databook, and its immediately out of date?) Mind you, the chances of me ever buying PIC chips from Polar are pretty remote while Im still a hobbyist. Peter Peter Knight Email: p.j.knightKILLspamuk.ac.bradford Mono: Cathedrow http://www.brad.ac.uk/~pjknight _ _ _ _ Who says you can't display letters on a 7 | _| |_ |_ |_| _| _ _ _| segment display? OK, so you can't do a W..|_ |_| |_ | | |_ |_| | |_| _|