Tony,

Want a board?  I have a spare blank one and the docs that go with it.  It is
called the SEM 99 Proto Board.  It has room on it for the 877 and 876 PIC's.
There is also a parts kit sold by Digi-key.

The board has the reset, oscillator, regulator and 232 interface circuitry
already connected to the PIC pins.  You would need to add a hand full of caps
and resistors.  A regulator, MAX232CPE, crystal, LED's, DB-9, and some
headers and sockets.

Dr. Ed