A few comments, since I am actually using both chips.

At 14:07 15.05.98 +1000, you wrote:
>
>9/      Good free development tools are offered for the PIC
>

If you are talking about C compilers, there's no doubt in my mind that the
compilers offered for HC11 are better. This is simply because HC11 is much
more suited for C than PIC's. As far as I know, HC11 has got a GCC based
freeware c compiler, although I haven't been using it.

>
>13/     If developing from home, then (This is where I need help people).
>The HC11 has the "Boot loader", if you use say the "F2" then you can
>programme the on chip flash with a simple serial port (This will even work
>if you have external flash etc). Now there may be the same thing offered by
>other users with the PIC, but in general I think that a programmer is
required.

This is really the great part! At home I have a HC11 with 64K of external
RAM with battery backup. The total time for compiling and downloading a new
SW revision is about 20 seconds. I even don't have to open the case! With
Microchip, we unfortunately have to wait for another year or so, until the
new flash devices hit the market. 

Haavard
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