hmmmmm now you put me into thinking. I'll check if i have some f88s in stock and i will upload the software myself to see what's cooking.
As for the LCD, pike had once found one good tutorial which he might like to share this link with us.
Regarding the book, i made one mistake when i began this site: I began war with many countries... I must first finish (and this will eventually happen before summer) the transistor e-book that i write, and publish it as a pdf. Then i began the long period of video making for transistors. And then, oh yes, it is THEN when i will finish (and probably re-write the book as it happened with the transistors) the PIC tutorial. I have some big plans for this, which hopefully will come to life...