Spehro Pefhany wrote: >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. > Good point. Apparently, you can do the other, but you have to license that s.w. from emWare. The present path looks like a cheap way to get started in this area.