Hello, This is exactly were I am coming from. Lots of time and very little=20 disposable income. You make do with what you have and what will work. I=20 am not doing any commercial development. I am working on stuff for our=20 model railroad club. Just my two cents worth. Thanks, rich! On 7/20/2014 12:51 PM, Ross Morrison wrote: > I'm sure there are many folks like myself, that have inventories of PIC > parts that we'll never use. Maybe collectively we could post available > parts lists that someone on a tight budget could pull from at no cost > except for shipping. I'm sure this would open a can of worms and/or be > abused, but it is an idea. > > Just thinking out loud...... > > R > > On 07/20/2014 10:27 AM, David C Brown wrote: >> OTOH. >> >> If you are a hobbyist with a stash of older parts changing to a newer pa= rt >> is always going to be more expensive since, to some-one on $0.00 per hou= r, >> a faster development time saves no cash. >> And when you are developing code as a hobby rather than a job you don't >> always want to make it too simple. There is nothing I enjoy more than >> spending an hour crafting a perfect piece of, assembler but that was a >> luxury I couldn't indulge when I was working >> >> >> >> On 19 July 2014 20:57, Byron Jeff wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 10:52:36PM -0500, Richard R. Pope wrote: >>>> Jan-Erik, >>>> When you are disabled, living on a fixed income, and you have >>>> limited resources you have to use what you have. Also just because >>>> something is old doesn't make it obsolete. If it can do the job why no= t >>>> --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .