By now everybody should know what the Pocket is. If not (where have you been?), its a great little programmer created by Tony Nixon. For more info on it go to http://www.bubblesoftonline.com/pocket/pocket.html. For those of us who love the Pocket (or would like to) but just can't deal with the Windows software that comes with it, I've started writing a Unix/Linux clone. It's still in the early stages so it can only program new messages and chip info, but more is planned. More info and source code are available at: http://terrandev.com/~bfoz/pocket/ If there's enough interest (and volunteers) I'll start a sourceforge site. Until then there's really no need for it. -Brandon -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu