For what heck is this all communist-meeting like crap? (In my opinion, of course!): Byron A Jeff wrote: . . > The Microchip PIC family of microcontrollers (uC) has > wide industry acceptance due to Microchip's combination > of innovative technology, wide availability, and > extremely reasonable costs. . . > * An all in one prototyping board, the PICLIST DESIGNER > (PLD), that contains a PIC16F877A, . . PIC16F877A - " innovative technology"? Notorious lack of 18XXXX - "wide availability" More expensive then AVR - "extremely reasonable costs" Is not it a joke? Am I back 20 years at a lecture on advantages of communism over decaying capitalism? Mike. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads