Any *really* homebrewing going on?

I think the tales of homebrewing's demise are being a bit exaggerated. Certainly, the character of homebrewing has changed greatly over the past 20 years. It is true that some of today's tools of the trade - for example, a good PAL/GAL programmer - are more expensive than many of tools of 1975. But in real dollars, today's $800 device programmer is much cheaper than, say, an 8080A CPU, which had a street price of US$250 or so in 1975. And many folks are doing very interesting things with programmable devices. You can get into PIC programming for well under $100, and there's lots of really interesting things you can do with that. -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology Voice: 301-767-5917 7328 Bradley Blvd Fax: 301-767-5927 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817