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>On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:33:10 -0700 Dwayne Reid <dwayner@PLANET.EON.NET>
>writes:
>>  As far as RA4 and higher voltages is concerned, a Microchip FAE > has
>repeatedly told me that it is OK up to about 14 Vdc.
>
>Doesn't this risk putting the chip into the (undocumented) test mode?  It
>does on a 16C5X.  The "absolute maximum rating" is indeed 14V, but the
>chip may not work properly there.

You could very well be right!  I was not aware of this test mode (it being
undocumented and all) but I would have hoped that the FAE would know about
it.  He was discussing 14 bit core parts ('61, '71, '73, '84) at the time.

Dwayne Reid   <dwayner@planet.eon.net>
Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd    Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
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