Debbie wrote:
>> If you are doing this on a tight budget (hobby, whatever)
>> ......expect to have more business in the future (pic-wise, that
>> is), then a new Picstart Plus might be an attractive idea.
>
> Hobby, low budget.

If a 17C44-JW is really that expensive to get one of and you can stick to
"hobby" PICs, how about a EasyProg kit instead?  For a total cost of US$83
you get a whole new programmer that can program all the popular hobby PICs,
include dsPICs.  It doesn't currently support all the various individual
PICs out there, but it does support the few sensible hobby PICs for each
footprint.  It's also a lot faster for most PICs.

How about this: If you order a fully assembled EasyProg, I'll throw in a
PIC17C44-JW?  Just make sure when you order that I can tell it's you.
http://www.embedinc.com/easyprog


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