NELSON JOHN E wrote:
>
> I think I mixed up two threads.
>
> "The packaging is terrible, no instruction manual was included, and I have
> spent hours on the phone trying to get my questions answered."
>
> Was this the birth announcement or the PIC programmer thread?


What's worse is that: the support costs for the product are
astronomical, peripherals and other required products make the
maintenance costs even worse, you can't return the product or even
get an exchange, you have to do all the programming and updating,
spend countless sleepness nights until you get the darn thing
acclimated, then get stuck with the product for at least 18-22 years
before you have any hope of getting some piece; and then you can
spend your nights worrying about how in the heck you're going to pay
off everything you've spent on it.

Good Lord!  It _does_ sound like the PIC programmer thread!  My God!
What have I gotten myself into!  I've got two of the products.

FWIW, the ROI is worth it all.

Best to all.

Robert K. Morgan