>But you still need to realize that there are hobbyist and
>students whose time is infinitely less valuable than money
>(which they usually don't have).
>For them it probably is still worth the effort to roll their own.

The biggest problem I suspect with this particular saga which has been
running is the limited knowledge and (I suspect) tools with which to verify
the operation of the programmer.

It seems to me that a DVM and/or oscilloscope to verify the operation would
have had this operating in almost zero time. However there has been no
mention of voltages being checked at any stage, that I can see.

Without even a basic multimeter, then the likelihood of anything getting
going, once a problem occurs, becomes very slim, unless it is something like
a "duh" moment, from which recovery is possible, without damage to the
components.

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