----- Original Message -----
        From: Tony Nixon <Tony.Nixon@ENG.MONASH.EDU.AU>
        To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
        Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 16:39
        Subject: [PIC]: Pocket Prototype


        It's May 1st today, who gets the Pocket prototype :-)


        I had to build a new Pocket to make sure the kits work properly, so
I
        will send this instead of the early prototype which is a bit rough.
That
        is unless the original is preferred.


        --
        Best regards

        Tony

        mICros
        http://www.bubblesoftonline.com
        mailto:sales@picnpoke.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Newton [SMTP:jamesnewton@PICLIST.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 2:30 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [PIC]: Pocket Prototype
>
> Tony, you upside down people are a bit ahead of my time <GRIN>
>
> The auction for the pocket programmer
> http://www.bubblesoftonline/pocket/pocket.html
> prototype that Tony donated to the piclist.com "RAID fund" closes at
> 4/30/01 10:39:00 PM Pacific Standard Time which is about 5 hours from now.
> http://www.piclist.com/techref/auction.asp?a=itm&i=26
> The current top bid is $100.00.
>
> Seems like a very reasonable price for an assembled and tested version of
> a
> product that is selling well at $88 in kit form. (advance orders from
> pickiest.com at $80+s&h+tax until I recieve my stock from Tony and begin
> acting as his US shipping agent.)
> http://www.piclist.com/techref/microchip/devprogs.htm#pocket
> Not to mention the historic value. <GRIN>
>
> Bob Simpson sent me some pictures of the one he built. I ment to post them
> to the site today but I forgot so will have to do it tomorrow. Bob says:
> <BLOCKQUOTE>
> Unit built from a Bubblesoft kit (excellent quality and price). Built in
> about 2 - 3 hours easily.
> Only problem was U10 (74LS05) I must of fried it as it would not switch
> off
> fully. Changed it and it all worked perfectly.
>
> Will hopefully get time over the next week or so to add to the list.
>
> Let me know if you need any further info on how I built it. Tony's
> instructions were so good a novice could build it.
> </BLOCKQUOTE>
>
> And its totally open source so you can always update it! I'm waiting to
> see
> who will be the first to "tweak" the source and add some additional
> capabilities. In fact, a banner on all the site pages for a
> month, a write up, links and "attaboy" (or "attagirl") to the first
> contributor of any extension or bug fix to the open source and...
>
> ...$100 plus all of the above on the
> http://www.sxlist.com
> site to the first person who adds the ability to program any Ubicom SX
> controllers.
>
> James Newton, PICList Admin #3
> mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com
> 1-619-652-0593 phone
> http://www.piclist.com
>
I just received my kit yesterday, so I'll be spending lunch in the lab today
instead of braving the food in the canteen :o)

My initial impresions are that this kit is excellent value bearing in mind
that tthe kit includes an LCD display and a 40 pin ZIF socket which cost a
fortune anyway.  I'll let you know how I get on after the build!

Regards

Mike

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