The chip that comes with the picstart plus system is a PIC16c84, which
is an EEPROM unit.  The picstart plus can program and reprogram it.

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> From: H.P. de Vries <H.P.d.Vries@stud.tue.nl>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Programming E(E)proms
> Date: Saturday, February 07, 1998 9:29 PM
>
> I purchased a PICstart Plus dev. system this week. My question is: does
> anyone know if it is at all possible to program (memory) E(E)proms with
> this programmer?
>
> Hans