> Is there any indication of how much the preprogrammed PIC containing
> the BASIC interpreter is going to be?  A few months ago Everyday &
> Practical Electronics (EPE) ran a couple of articles on a PIC
> programmer/simulator but you had to fork out somewhere around 50 quid
> (might even have been more) for the PIC which actually controlled the
> programmer.  What looks like a low cost project suddenly doesn't
> look so attractive.

I think this in reference to a BASIC Stamp. Assuming this is correct:

Pricing of Stamp interpreter PICS is as follows.

PBASIC14 (BS1) in 16C56

QTY     PRICE
---     -----
   1    18
   5    13
  10    10
  25     8
 100     6.50
 250     6
1000     5


PBASIC20 (BS2) in 16C57

QTY     PRICE
---     -----
   1      30
   5      24
  10      20
  25      17
 100      15
 250      13
1000      12

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