My Local Sales Rep says all Micrologix lines are affected. He also asked me how I already knew about the shortage (Heard about it from this site). I guess they're not advertising the shortage.
I told him I needed a 1400, so he hooked me up with a SLC setup to match what I needed for the same price as the MicroLogix 1400, something else I don't think that they're advertising. A SLC 5/05 setup for 1/3 the price.....Sweet. At least they're trying to to make up for it somewhat.
I also needed some 1200's for modbus slaves, since I haven't found any SLC's that can do a modbus slave protocol on it's own, I went to the AD DL-05's & DL-06's for that (will probably stay with them).
I'm have been a fan of AB's plc's in the past (except for price), hate to hear that this is happening, but there are ALOT of PLC brands around ready to take AB's place, & there's not many plc's brands that I don't like anymore.