Erik Herman's RS-232 Programmer combined with Anniti Lucas's PIP-02 program will permit writing to the EEPROM area. I often use it to quickly change the sequence of a light chaser- and also for many other purposes. Sorry, I forgot Anitti's link, but it is listed on my web page below. For quicker access to the PIC stuff, got to: http://hertz.njit.edu/~rxy5310/hhack.html -()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()- Rolan Yang http://hertz.njit.edu/~rxy5310 Electrical Engineer rxy5310@hertz.njit.edu kyurius@tsb.weschke.com VR,ROBOTICS,FENCING,HACKING,INDUSTRIAL MUSIC,ART,EXPLOSIVES,INLINE SKATING THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. -()---()---()---()---()---()-----()-()---()---()---()---()---()---()---()- 4 out of 10 people are annoyed by ^ this.