Esteemed colleagues:

        I'm new to PIC. Recently I download data sheet, aplication notes and
 programming instructions for the
12cxx and 16c5x devices from Microchip Home page. I hope use it in real
 aplications soon, but I need first buy
the programming hardware and software. This doesn't mean I'm not interesting in
 the piclist, for the contrary,
I need your comments and recomendation for my present and future work.
        Actually I'm working in projects involving the parallel PC port. I need
to use
 it for prototype and for
communication purposes, but I have a problem: I can not get precise timing using
 the Intel instruction set
because I don't know how long is each instruction and how many clock cycles are
 necesary for its ejecution. In
the data sheet of 8086 family are a brief instruction set sumary but it not
 include information detailed
(Syntax, operands, operation, status affected, encoding, description, words,
 cycles, and examples)

        Somebody of your know a list, usenet or a web addres useful for me?

Thanks in advance

Carlos Gruber.
U.N.E.X.P.O
Pto Ordaz, Venezuela.