Shawn,

> Right. This would have to be a low-cost, public domain design where none of
> the participants made or lost money.

I'm already proposing to lose money! :-) Like I said - my contribution to
the list. As long as our ongoing costs are covered, I won't care.

We can buy can buy very good locally made ZIF sockets and all other hardware
is a no-brainer for us. We would supply a compact switching power supply
(like a mobile phone charger), short 9-pin to 9-pin serial cable, ICSP
cable, a CD-ROM full of goodies and some type of manual. All shrink wrapped
into a box.

We'd need an agent in the US to keep shipping costs down.

> A public service. We'll know in the next week if anyone else is prepared to
> join the bandwagon.

I hope so.

Regards,

Sean

BTW: Great original suggestion for such a concept!

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