Greetings to All on the PIC list:

        I noticed that the 16F84 is now listed in the Digikey catalog and
is
price
competitive with the 16C84. I have the following questions:

        1) Since the 16F84 uses FLASH  as opposed to EEPROM for program
code
storage does the F84 support a significantly larger number of
re-programming cycles before failure?

        2) As the F84 offers a little more RAM and is about 20% lower in
cost
than
the C84 I wonder if I should switch over to the F84 for future projects.
Seems like you get more for less. Are there any applications where the C84
remains as a better choice over the F84?

        3) Will my existing COM84 PC serial port programmer also work for
the
F84?
 If so is there a new software package needed for programming the F84?


         Many thanks in advance to all that respond with helpful
information!

Very Best Regards,
Thomas M. Alldread
e-mail: tmaldred@mail.comox.island.net