> If I could get a reliable/low-cost programmer to work under
> Win2k, I could be easily swayed into using it.

www.picallw.com - P16Pro programmer.  Works great in Win2k, XP,
whatever!  Super cheap kits to build em too, nice stuff for like $25...

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