At 03:21 AM 2/21/98 -0600, you wrote:
>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.
>==Mac==

I forget when it was that I bought one, it was last year sometime. The
catalog listed it at $199, but they charged me $148.88 and said it was the
new price. The new catalog lists it as $148.88, but I guess that price was
very temporary.

I guess there are a few things we can be sure of:

The PICSTART Plus is not $148.88, but it does program the full line of PICs.

The ITU PIC-1+ is not $115 and a basic kit comes as low as $39.

Chris Sakkas is a nice guy, and except for being a little touchy and quick
to defend his product, he bears no resemblance to Microchip's legal staff.

Microchip's third party support is very slow.

Bob Blick is always right except when he's wrong :-)

-bob

http://www.bobblick.com/