A lot of the PIC's have the ability to be 'in-site' programmed, with just a
few (varies with PIC) pins.  All you need, then, is a switchable Vpp, and a
couple of pins from, say, a parallel port on yr PC, and a program to
twiddle these pins.

MikeS

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> From: John Doe <deicide@FIA.NET>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: eprom programmer
> Date: Thursday, 27 March 1997 05:15
>
> does anyone know where a really cheap eprom programmer can be
> found....and I mean CHEAP...
> I'm 17....in HighSchool...and have no job.....right now i have 1 dollar
> to my name...
> so 140 bucks for an eprom programmer is out of the question.....
>
> If anyone knows where one can be found....please let me know
>
> Thanks
>
> deicide@fia.net