Papageorgiou Spiros <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Is it possible to program the new 16f84 with my picstart16b1?
> Although it's the same chip (almost) it has flash instead of
> EEPROM.

Papageorgiou:

The 16F84 does NOT use flash... It's EEPROM, just like all the other
'8xs.  Microchip's laughable explanation for the "F" is [I'm
paraphrasing, but as accurately as I can], "The word 'flash' has
become a generic term for electrically-erasable memory, so we're
using it to describe our EEPROM parts."

None of MY friends use the word "flash" that way... Guess we're just
old-fashioned, huh?

Oh, well... The answer to your question is:  If your programmer will
program 16C84s, it'll also program 16F84s.

-Andy

Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com
Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499