On Mar 19, 2010, at 5:20 AM, Julian Skidmore wrote:
    if you want specs to programming microchip ics, go
here...
 
http://www.microchip.com/stellent/
 idcplgIdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1407 
 I was under the impression that the
FLASH specifications didn't cover
 the ICD hardware, but there you go... 
 
  But they're handy anyway. I've got a
Maplin PIC programmer kicking
 around somewhere -- the original software only programmed the 16C84 
 Despite the horrors of programming PICs; they do have at least one
 redeeming feature here - they're genuine classic architectures, being
 designed in the mid-70s for General Instruments ;-)
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIC_microcontroller#History  
   Well by that metric, nearly all of today's microprocessors and
microcontrollers are genuine classic architectures.
             -Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL