And don't forget Jim Brown's excellent "book" located at my site:

http://pc-tek.hypermart.net/pic.html

Regards,

Tim Hamel

In a message dated 2/2/00 7:17:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
andrew@BEST.NET.NZ writes:

> I decided to splash out and purchase a couple of books to help me with
>  learning
>  how to programme the PIC.
>
>  One that caught my eye was "Easy PIC'n" A Beginner's Guide to PIC
>  Microcontrollers.
>  and since im prety much a beginner i thought this would be a great place to
>  start.
>
>  Well then I saw the price tag... 8-(
>
>  $79.00 NZ thats 46.61 US approximateley...
>  the other book i looked at was just as bad, was a tiny little thing with a
>  disk attached
>  for about $89.00NZ....
>
>  I might add that this same company brings in ONE pic, 16F84... and thats it
>  i have not found any other companies that deal in pics but im looking
>  (HARD).
>
>  Ha anyone got any good referance sites or PDF's avalible that may assist me
>  in learning more about the PIC..
>
>  Regards
>  Andrew Hooper
>
>