From: "Matt Lichtenberg" <kerobaros at gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:21:28 -0600 While not vintage (but then, is any modern kit really "vintage"?), TI has a very slick and inexpensive gizmo for their MSP-430 16-bit microcontroller. $20 bucks for a USB stick including programmer and processor; $10 for additional uC "heads". Might be a kick to fool around with: http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/ez430-f2013.html Cheers, Chuck