G'day, thanks for that, Cliff.

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> From: Adolfo Cobo (Ingenieria Fotonica)

>  .. start with this web page:
>  http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/5807/
>  Microchip has  a lot of information and a free assembler and simulator, in
>  http://www.microchip.com
>
>  Then you need a PIC part (the 16F84 is great and cheap) and a programmer,
>  I've build the LUDIPIPO programmer, very cheap and reliable.