Bob good luck in getting the PICSTART PLUS for $148. I agree that's their
advertised price but after much argument with them I paid over $200. They
claim the $148 price was a special promotion price for December (97) only.
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At 01:46 PM 2/20/98 -0800, you wrote:
>At $148.88 (Digikey current price) you can't beat the PICSTART PLUS. The
>only bad things about it are speed and the inability to run from DOS.
>It attaches to the serial port. Comes with MPLAB and MPASM books, 16C84
>chip, cd rom with embedded control handbook, MPASM and MPLAB. MPLAB also
>on diskette.
>
>The ITU programmer, similarly equipped, ends up being about $115. It
>doesn't have a case, cable, or power supply. Attaches to the parallel
>port. Does not program the 14000 or 17Cxx series parts.
>
>-bob
>
>On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Kerry B Phillips wrote:
>
>> What experiences have you all had with the ITU Tech PIC-1 programmer?
>> (good, bad, indifferent?)  How does its capabilites/performance compare
>> to the PICSTART Plus?
>>
>> Kerry
>>
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