Granted, but it sure makes it tough to re-program a part if the code protect bit is still set.... ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: UV erasable versions Author: Kieran Sullivan at Internet Date: 2/24/97 9:19 AM Setting the Code Protect bit when you program a UV Erasable or even the EEPROM versions of the PIC controllers will not prevent them from being erased. The Code Protect is only there in an attempt to stop you reading back the correct code in the chip. Kieran ---------- From: Andrew Warren[SMTP:fastfwd@IX.NETCOM.COM] Sent: 24 February 1997 06:48 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: UV erasable versions Those "JW" parts are UV-erasable, so long as you don't turn on the "Code-Protect" bit when you program them. -Andy === Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com === Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California === === Custodian of the PICLIST Fund -- For more info, see: === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499/fund.html