On Wed, 11 May 2005 09:36:29 -0400, you wrote:

>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.

Is it really worth the extra hassle for a saving of $13 ? 
Remember that any new parts are likely to only be supported on the PUM, and it is also entirely
possible that newer versions of MPLAB may not support the old hardware.

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