First choice, beg, borrow, steal or even buy if you have to, but get a genuine Wiring board from Mr Barragan. This is going to be the fastest, cheapest and most reliable way to get a board running.
Contact him at the <a href="http://wiring.org.co/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=How_to;action=display;num=1120984049"> Wiring BBS </a><br>
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Second choice is to buy an assembled and tested ATMEGA-128 processor board, a programmer and an RS232 converter or a USB converter.
<br>Get an AVR-H128 board for US$35.95 <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=35">AVR-H128</a>
<br>Get an AVR-PG1 serial-port programmer for US$11.95 <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=14">AVR-PG1</a>
or get an AVR-PG2 parallel-port programmer for US$11.95 <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=13">AVR-PG2</a>
<br>Get a part #0127 RS232 serial-port interface for US$9.95 <a href="http://pololu.com/products/pololu/0126/">Part #0127</a>
or get a Part #0391 USB interface for US$23.00 <a href="http://pololu.com/products/pololu/0391/">Part #0391</a>
<br> You've now spent either US$57.85 for the RS232 type or US$70.90 for the USB type, so you've spent more than the Wiring board itself.

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<br>Third choice is to buy a bare ATMEGA-128 processor board, a processor, crystals, regulator, pins, a programmer and an RS232 converter or a USB converter.
<br>Get a PCB-ATMEGA board for US$3.95 <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=36">PCB-ATMEGA</a>
<br>Get an ATMEGA128-16AI-ND processor for US$15.05 <a href="http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?Ref=194421&Row=132628&Site=US">ATMEGA128-16AI-ND</a>
<br>Get an CTX414-ND 16 MHz crystal for US$1.31 <a href="http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?Ref=195896&Row=60843&Site=US">CTX414-ND</a>
<br>Get an SE33010-ND 32 KHz crystal for US$1.23 <a href="http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Filter">SE33010-ND</a>
<br>Get an LM2931Z-5.0NS-ND 5 Volt regulator for US$1.04 <a href="http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?Ref=201633&Row=6440&Site=US">LM2931Z-5.0NS-ND</a>
<br>Get two 929834-02-36-ND header strips for US$3.60 <a href="http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?Ref=202959&Row=1223&Site=US">929834-02-36-ND</a>
<br>Get an AVR-PG1 serial-port programmer for US$11.95 <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=14">AVR-PG1</a>
or get an AVR-PG2 parallel-port programmer for US$11.95 <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=13">AVR-PG2</a>
<br>Get a part #0127 RS232 serial-port interface for US$9.95 <a href="http://pololu.com/products/pololu/0126/">Part #0127</a>
or get a Part #0391 USB interface for US$23.00 <a href="http://pololu.com/products/pololu/0391/">Part #0391</a>

<br> You've now spent either US$48.08 for the RS232 type or US$61.16 the USB type, so you've spent more than the Wiring board itself.
<a href="3.3_Volt_Wiring.pdf>PDF</a>