"Problem is that good ol rd2 is dead. "

Thanks for updating the situation with respect to the Mumbai market. Here in Chennai, situation with the respect the 89c51rd2 is quite fine. The price of Rs 380/= (8 USD) statistically is very high as compared to Rs 200/= (4 USD) but in actual value terms, in relation to the total equipment cost, which runs into a few Lakhs ( 0.1 million) it is a non-issue. Most of the equipments that we build have a very heavy content of servo hydraulics and mechanical fixtures - the control system based on the MCU in such cases does not contribute to the cost in a big way.

But I always thought that Mumbai electronics market was one-up over Chennai ? Maybe things have changed.

Raghu