If, as it seems, I can run the command-line version from inside MPLAB =20 IDE, then a couple hundred bucks for 16-bit PICs is nice. Will =20 investigate further. Cheers, -Neil. Quoting Bob Blick : > On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:47 -0700, "PICdude" wrote: >> better less-than-$1200 option out there. > > CCS > > Cheers, Bob --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .