At 10:59 AM 6/23/2003 +0100, you wrote:

> >     I'm absolutely new to pics. I work as an electronics/IT tech.
>Gotta spend some money before the end of the budget year.
>I do not not have much time to do the research into what I should buy.
>..... I just want to expand my workshop into working with pics. I
>hope somebody can direct me . Otherwise, I'm gonna buy the wrong stuff.

There are a couple of very informative sites for beginners, that I am aware
of.  (Most likely there are about a zillion more, but these two are my
favorites):

http://www.voti.nl/swp/index.html

http://piclist.com/techref/piclist/begin.htm

Cheers,
John

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