Well I don't know what to say about the draw on Mclr, but perhaps
someone
else is more insightful on that.  I simply plug them into the programmer
and see if they work.  As for using the chip, I would keep using it
till the thing don't work at all.. I have one 16c622 that the config
bits take about an hour to erase, but I don't change the config bits,
so I use it anyway.. It has a ES on the chip, so I know it is old, and
it was given to me by the local application eng, who knows how many
times
he has used it.  I think I herd mention one time that the config bits
are of weaker makeup than the program bits.. Don't know for sure on
this.
Anyway, good luck, buy the way, I just bought some more of the 16c622JW
I think they were around $10.00
     Giles L. Honeycutt

John Payson wrote:
>
> Hmm... my current problem/oddity is a chip (16C622/JW) which gobs down
> about 2mA on /MClr when running [I have to pull it pretty hard to +5] and
> about 200mA to even stay in programming mode.  Other than that, though, if
> I keep the /MClr pulled high the chip seems to work.  Any idea what might
> be wrong with the chip, and whether I should just keep using it as long as
> I can?