>         I doubt very much the dollar or two savings has ANY
> bearing in the case of
> the original poster. OTOH these parts are newer and therefore
> have less
> support, both in the realm of programmers and in the realm of user
> experience. I don't think it is yet necessary to abandon the
> 16F876 or 877.

I am not sure about what exactly the OP wanted, but it never hurts to
know the possible alternatives. BTW there are more reasons than price
alone to look at non-87x pics, for instance physical size, or running on
an internal oscillator.

And IMHO tools that have not yet caught up with at least the 12F's are
rather slow in doing so, which means that they probably should not be
used in a professional environment ;)

Wouter van Ooijen

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