At 08:53 AM 10/2/96 GMT+1100, you wrote:
>I wonder if our creative and talented minds can come up with a commercially
> viable project and sell it to the lucky public and use the proceeds
>to keep this vital link open instead of donating cash.
>
>Tony

What a great idea! Donate hardware & software designs, PCB's, components and
cables, for the programmer, others could caugh up $19.95 or whatever for the
PIC programmer. Everyone pays, everyone gets a great deal (exept for those
making a selling programmers already).