Howdy, I have similar interests and I am presently trying the following approach. Tato has an interesting Windows based programmer software at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tato/ This software programs most of the C62X family. He also provides a schematic for his programmer. The Tato programmer is very close to several others that interface via the printer port. I have ordered from Electronic Bulk Buys: http://cec.wustl.edu/~blw2/index.html The Don McKenzie programmer board. I think this board will work with Tato's software with some minor hardware mods. Several other programs support the Don McKenzie board. However I have not found another programmer driver with an excellent Windows interface like Tato's. I hope to get this working as soon as the UPS guy delivers the Don McKenzie board. ----------