On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 08:59:44AM +0100, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
> >Is there any reason that an occasional user like myself shouldn't 
> >just buy a 17C44 and load it with the last available firmware 
> >version (v3.11)?
> 
> I suspect that a 17C44 would cost about the same as the PUM.

The 17C44 ($16.15) is a little more than half the cost of the PUM ($29).
I had to go to Digikey's web site to find the part, their latest catalog
doesn't list any PIC17 parts. I guess they are supplanted by the newer
flash parts...

It is tempting to get the PUM, even though all the chips I currently
use can be programmed by the latest 3.11 firmware.

Matthew.

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