Alessandro Zummo <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Ok.. and what about F parts? Flash?

    Yeah, sorta... The 16F84 and 16C84 use EXACTLY the same memory
    technology; Microchip (and other manufacturers who use the same
    technology, like Atmel) just decided to call it "Flash" instead
    of "EEPROM".

> Some Pics are selled woth a preprogrammed osc type... what happen
> if, while programming, i'll change the osc bits?

    Very few, if any, are sold that way anymore.

    If you do have a PIC with a pre-programmed oscillator type,
    it'll PROBABLY work if you reprogram it, but Microchip won't
    guarantee its operation.

    Note that if the oscillator's set to XT or LP, it can only be
    reprogrammed to HS, and if it's set to HS, it can't be
    reprogrammed at all... The only oscillator type that can be
    reprogrammed to all of the others is RC.

    -Andy

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