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Hi Dave,
Checkout http://www.futurlec.com/ATDevBoard.shtml
I bought my AT90S2313 developement board from them for $19.90 which
will allow you to connect a LCD display and other things to it. It
comes with a CD and cable. This will only flash the Atmel AT90S2313
but for the price it is well worth it.

Regards,
Sal Brisindi
http://www.numitron.com


--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...> 
wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have been reviewing the archives to get an idea of a simple way 
to 
> program some chips.
> 
> As it is now, I am just getting started and an not looking for the 
> most universal, but the best cheap unit, even if it limits my chip 
> selections.
> 
> I'm hoping there is some simple programmer that can be assembeled 
by 
> the average parts bin we typically have.  (some scattered on the 
> bench, others still in boards yet to be sacrificed and others in 
> those neat little baggies from the suppliers) 
> 
> As you probably know, I'm doing a little reading on the C language 
> and have considdered dabbling with FastAVR or Basicom as a way to 
get 
> things happening faster.
> 
> From the little that I could really understand about programmers, 
> there are serial, parallel and USB, with USB being rare.
> 
> Then there is ISP which is fine with me as I would rather make a 
> board for testing than to move chips around.
> 
> But to get started, I'm hoping to put together a simple board with 
a 
> uC a couple outputs and a couple inputs and a serial cable for use 
> with I2C or SPI as the case may be.
> 
> At this point, I don't need to worry about programming any other 
> chips like e-proms or the like.
> 
> Any suggestions ?
> 
> Dave