Lindy,

On Sun, 22 May 2005 03:30:17 +0200, Lindy Mayfield wrote:

> A BS2 costs about 50 bucks, right?

Depends where you buy them - from Maplin, here in Rip-Off-Britain, they a=
re UK=A345 (say US$82 at current=20
exchange rates)...

> I'm curious to ask people in the know where the cost is.=20

The *cost* was in the development of the language and the interpreter to =
run it and possibly in user support=20
(if there is any) plus a little for the hardware.  The *value* is in not =
having to learn PIC assembler and not=20
needing a programmer - the program is sent straight to the BS from the PC=
 serial port.

Whether the price is good value for money is a debate that could run and =
run!  :-)

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England



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