>Um, Erik, I think you kind of lost the context of what I was talking
>about. Thumbnail summary of my issues:

>- I hate programming parts during development.

[...]

>So you'd actually need a 16C84 to have enough smarts to decode the incoming
>stream and program the serial EEPROM. It can also double as a programmer since
>it'll have enough smarts to do that.

>However the initial 16C84 has to be programmed and so it's an issue too.

Exactly what I wanted to do.
The interface I have in mind can be used to connect RS232 and PIC to program
the EEPROM, AND it can be used to burn the initial program (downloader/
interpreter) into the PIC 16C84 without addidional hardware.


Gruss
    Erik

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