I like the 16C73A or 16F873 (just got some).  Smaller footprint, much of the
same capability as the 877  (except for pins and memory) and easy enough to
put on a protoboard without hogging all the space.

Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: James Cameron <quozl@US.NETREK.ORG>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: Next Step


> I agree with Don; once you have mastered the 16F84's abilities, either
> explore some of the strange things that can be done with it or go find
> a 16F877 to play with.  More bits of wire.
>
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> James Cameron   mailto:quozl@us.netrek.org   http://quozl.us.netrek.org/