Hey, I sold the programmer; thanks for the numerous offers.
"Is he toilet-trained, union..."  sounds like the frequent comments about
drummers made on the bass players list group "The Bottom Line" but hey,
not by me :)

Please allow a brief [OT] excursion RE: 418MHz vs. 433MHz:

I'm playing with the Lynx Tech. 418MHz eval. kit and a 433MHz pair from
Abacom Tech. and have had serious difficulty achieving anywhere near the
ranges claimed by either.  The Lynx pair will barely reach 30-40 ft. out-
doors in direct line-of-sight.  (Spec. sheet says "...a highly reliable RF
link capable of transferring serial data at distances in excess of 300 ft.
is formed.")  I'm awaiting a return call from Lynx's tech. support; I MUST
be doing SOMETHING wrong.

If Bob Blick or anyone else would care to continue this discussion via
private E-mail I am interested.  (I know if it ain't PIC-PIC-PIC it'll
piss somebody off; and don't want to see -SNIP-BITCH-SNIP- about it for
the next week.)

Yeh, I'm having a REALLY bad day,
John