At 09:24 PM 9/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Can anyone suggest a good "hobby" programmer for the PIC micros?
>>I am looking to do some projects from the standpoint of learning the PIC.
>>If anyone can provide some good pros and cons of the programmers that
>>they have used, it would definately help me make a more educated choice
>>in PIC programmers.

Marlin P. Jones (http://www.mpja.com/) sells the ProPic programmer kit for
$16.20.

I've used it for 16f84. If you want to do 28 or 40 pin chips, I suggest you
buy a ziptool socket for narrow-wide chips ($12 from Jameco) when you build
the kit.

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