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Or you could get a PIC, build a pic burner which works with pretty much
anything, and look at the hundreds of projects available on the net to get
you going...

> 
> 
> >From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
> >>>The cheepest one you can build costs 7 jumper wires, an LED, a 25pin
> >>male
> >>>plug, and a 20pin DIP socket.
> >>
> >>Hmm, thats pretty darn simple, I wouldn't even have to buy
> >>anything for that, whats the disadvantage?
> >>Does the kit include a programmer?
> >
> >Its not a kit.  :)  
> 
> I was refering to Atmels starter kit, sorry, Iwas a bit vague.
> 
> >And if you have a fast IBM compatbile, or a new one it
> >won't work.  newer computers throw out extra high power parts on the
> >parallel port because they aren't needed in new computers.  They just 
> don't
> >drive the programmer.
> 
> I see, does that mean that older ports will source more current than 
> newer ports?
> Would a handful of transistors and an external power supply fix this 
> problem?  And is it worth fixing, considering that the start kit comes 
> with a serial cable for programming (so says the AVR page).
> 
> >It does things like enables the onboard osc.  So you don't have to have 
> any
> >external components.  Kinda like the GCX.
> 
> Hmm, the onboard osc sounds like it would be nice, are there 
> disadvantages to using it? (assume so, or it would probably be enable by 
> default).
> 
> thanks
> DK
> 
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