>I guess its not so much the idea of someone wanting free engineering but
>rather to put so many restrictions on it really makes it look odd.

The demo board has lots of I/O possibilities on it so that it's USEFUL for those
who attempt it.

I know it sounds weird that somebody would be so altruistic, but that's where
I'm coming from.  I don't listen to MP3's (I don't even turn on my car radio
most of the time), I'm doing USB on a different setup, and I have no need any
more for an IDE interface.

>Of course C is perferred as its more easily 'ported', but again $850 for a
>compiler???? Most people out there have freebee assemblers.

Some of us need to make a living doing this, though.  The $500 (I bought it when
it was introduced) was a fantastic investment (I bought it while still
self-employed).

Andy

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