> I'm not the PIC specialist. I ask you to contact Christian Assall
> (software@...) off list. He knows all these details about PIC tools
> (literature, assemblers, compilers, development boards/systems

hard/software

> emulators and so on).
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>

thanks dieter, i'll do that.

does anyone here have an opionion on the arduino boards they're not
only popular with musicians but pretty cheap as well :) standalone use
is an important aspect, as well as timing and general reliability. and
the programming seems at first glance a little more intuitive than
assembler.

again, thanks for all the help,

stu