On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Vitaliy wrote: > > Was your purchasing decision ever affected by the availability of > schematics? No. > Was there a time when you didn't buy something because > schematics weren't available? If it is a PIC evaluation board without schematics, I would not buy it. If it is an emulator, I do not care. Tools with free Firmware/host software will of course help me to buy it if I am interested to get to know the details of how the tools work. But often we are not that interested into how a tool work since it is not our line of business. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist