Tim I also have gotten the last two issues of EPE magazine.
It sure beats anything we have state side. As for a proto
board I simply use 1 inch by 12 inch pine board and make
little modules to experiment with. I installed a 24 pin zero
insertion, (ZIF) socket to make it easy to take the pic from
the module to the programer. It's a little tijus soldering
wires to the bottom of the socket but managable. One 1 inch
pine board 12" by about 18" I screwed the socket and used
brass nails, 1", to solder the wires from the socket to.
The nails are labled on the wood. Then a  1" by 3" wood
module for crystal with caps, also soldered to two brass
nails. And on and on with modules for resistors, leds,
motors, etc. When I experiment I hook up with alligator
clip leads. Even with 10 inch leads the crystal/resonator
and clock oscillator can, will start! All this is far
better then the Microchip "demo board" which I also have.
I haven't tried any of the projects because I also have
the basic stamps and I program in Pbasic then use a
compiler load into MPLAB for the Picstart + programmer.
Anyway just a thought...... ==Mac==

At 09:04 PM 4/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello;
>I am a beginner at the PIC and I found what seems to be a
>good tutorial in
>Everyday Practical Electronics (March issue
>http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/).
>has anyone seen the tutorial  or used the tutorial board?
>
>Or is there a better board somewhere else?
>
>thanks
>
>Tim Griffin
>entwood@execpc.com
>