Would you recommend some cheaper chips that would be good to learn on?

Jinx wrote:

>>Basic PIC like the 16F84.. I have a few free ones I got from
>>MicroChip, some of which I think will work. 
>>
>>16LF819
>>18F252
>>18F452
>>16F630
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>Well, you'd hope they all work ;-) Not a good look is it, starting
>a new hobby with duff chips
>
>The F84 works fine, although it has only simple I/O. It's one of
>Microchip's earliest micros and there's a lot of code out there
>for it. If you already have some, by all means use them, but they
>are more expensive than the replacements (F628, F88 etc, check
>the line card) and you can do better performance-wise for a lower
>price if you're buying micros in the future
>
>Even the 18Fx52 are getting a little old too now but are a good
>introductory micro and still commonly available. All of the above
>can do everything the F84 can do and more
>
>As for your registry problem with MPLAB, I've never struck
>that either. Sounds very odd
>
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