>yes the 18f chips are very cool, but i cant seem to get the
>high-tech picc lite to compile for them and i dont have a
>18f compatible programmer.

PICC-Lite will not do it. they have a separate version of the compiler for
the 18 series. I do not think they have a Lite equivalent for that. You may
be better off getting the Microchip C18 and using that in demo mode.
Apparently the demo mode can be reset for its demo time.

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