At 10:43 AM 5/29/00 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Check out the PIC Internet Appliance article in the latest June issue
>of Poptronics mag. In involves both PIC 16C877 or 12C671, and the
>firmware is emWare. The article says s.w. is free-free-free. I ordered
>the kit [$80] and received it on Saturday - a bag of parts with **1**
>page of documentation, saying only goto the site and download the s.w.
>
>http://www.edtp.com
>
>Looks like an easy/cheap way to enter the embedded internet game.

Except it isn't really embedded internet, because it requires a
"real" computer to act as a gateway between the LAN and the 'net.

If that works for the application, great, but it's apples and oranges..

Bset regards,


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