Jeff asked about 16C84 prices in the UK,

Farnell 25 off prices are much cheaper than 8 pounds, I usually buy
in 25 or 100 off quantities and I am happy to discuss an arrangement
with other interested UK PIC listers.

Having seen the discussion on the need for more EEPROM devices
I'm not convinced, I used to use the '84 all the time until I got
an EPROM eraser, then you look at the very cheap OTP prices
compared to the '84 which in the UK is more expensive than OTP
54,55,56,57,58 and 71, and has limited program memory and RAM....

So EEPROM is fast to erase, but then solving a software bug normally
takes me more than the 8 minutes a /JW version takes to erase in UV,
especially if you adopt a structured approach and try to test as
much as possible before creating a new software build.

Finally I think that most large commercial users shy away from in
service upgrades (although perhaps not in the military field), I'd
prefer to think they get the bugs out before issue - when was the
last time you found a bug in a video recorder !

Robin

robin.abbott@dial.pipex.com

PS - re: ETI BASIC interpreter for the 57,58,64 and 84, I do know
a little about this project having designed it ! If there is general
interest I could post a little more on the subject on the PICLIST,
or to individual users, although I believe there was some
discussion on the subject back in August before I was a PICLIST
subscriber.