i would start with the 16f872. it allows icd debugging and has about twice
the program space of the 16f84 at about the same price, and even more
i/os.
with the 16f84, i was always running out of memory.
when you run out of memory with the 16f872, you can easily change to the
16f876 (same pinout, same registermap, more memory)
tino

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