Yeah, toobs. I really screwed the pooch on that one, too. Didn't buy 
enough, when the prices where low. :o(

~1990, I started using the HC05 microcontroller. The evaluation board, 
which could be used as an emulator/debugger/programmer cost $500, and I 
thought that was a bargain price ! I had used earlier systems that cost in 
excess of $10,000 ! Even by 2000, a reprogrammable HC05-C8 (UV window) cost 
~$50. Now, you can get in the game with ISPs for ~$35, and parts under a 
buck !

Still a great site:
http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/

On Monday, March 17, 2014 8:04:32 AM UTC-7, mikeselectricstuff wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:44:03 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: 
>
>
> Yes, it was designed pretty quickly, and there are other aspects of that 
> 15-year-old design I 
> certainly would do differently, ...
>
> The original goal was something small, simple and not using a 
> microcontroller, which  at the time 
> was relatively expensive, and needed a programmer, which many people 
> wouldn't have had. 
>
> My biggest regret is that I didn't buy a big stock of tubes *which were 
> going for peanuts at the 
> time) to do some kits, or sell PCBs. 
>   
>

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