I haven't decided what I am going to do just yet exactly... These are the chips I have (or are on their way)
1X 14M2
2X 18M2
2X 20M2
5X 16F688
5X 16F877A-I/P
1X 16F628A-I/P

I didn't realize until just now that the PICAXE BASIC seems to be quite different than PBP?? The two IDE's are giving me different syntax's and procedures? Is this correct or am I missing something? As a backup plan for the picaxe chips, it's my understanding that I can use the PIC programmer to wipe the PICAXE bootloader and use them in their native state?

So now that I seem to have hijacked my own thread....lol