David,
I have been using a basic stamp I to do this with 2 sensors and store
anywhere from 8000 to 32000 temp readings.  the datalogger is pretty cheap
(<$60US) and I'm working to use a 16F84 to make it even cheaper (<$40US).

this project was fairly easy to do and my loggers blow away any commercial
versions in both price and performance.  sorry if this sounds like a
commercial... contact me off this list and i can give you details on
building your own and code, etc.

BTW, if you are monitoring a Pentium II(r) processor, there is a thermal
diode on the die that I have accessed to get the actual processor
temperature.  there are 3 pins on all Pentium II(r) motherboards to solder
connections to and then just measure the diode temp.  it is pretty easy to
write software to monitor the CPU utilization to correlate CPU stress
(usage) vs. die temperatures, etc.

regards
Pat
patrick.g.opdahl@intel.com

-----Original Message-----
From: David Nottage [mailto:d.nottage@SACBH.COM.AU]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 3:26 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: PIC boards for PC?


I'm looking for a way to control/monitor at least 2 temperature sensors
from my PC, and have come across PICmicro controllers as a possible way,
so I can control other equipment if I might need.

What I'm looking for is something I can plug into my PC, either by one
of the ports (preferably parallel) or an ISA slot that comes with
software and some guidance on how to interface it with temperature
sensors. All of this preferably inexpensively (under US$60).