>> http://www.techonline.com/product/virtualab/ >> I haven't yet tried it (it seems to load awfully slow here), but >> it may be >> of interest for someone else... You can work online on a virtual >> development board with a set of provided dev tools. (back from vacation, so responding to some older messages.) I used one of the freescale virtual labs as part of the "black widow" contest that ran recently. I thought it worked reasonably well, except for a time that it was "broken" in a way that caused it to behave very strangely indeed... BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist