>       My pic16c74 is taking an incredible long time to erase
> in my Dataerase II from digikey, which I heard was one of the best
> I can buy. It needs almost two full 8 minute cycles to completely
> erase its contents. I have to test to see if its erased by prompting
> my ITU programmer software to read the contents of the eprom code into a file
> and verifying that all memory is erased. I am making sure
> that when setting the fuses to set code protection bits high (off)
> Any hints or advice?

I am using the same chip and the same eraser, it also take two full 8
minutes to compleatly erase it. Until today, I thought that this is
normal to this combination of chip and eraser strength. I would also want
to know if others are able to erase it faster.

thanks chaipi