Are you sure that you're reading the bytes correctly? The Intel HEX
(Microchip) format gives bytes in Lo-Hi format as opposed to Motorola's
Hi-Lo. This makes the Motorola read correctly, (ie. left-to-right) while
the Intel words appear to be mixed up.

        Jim

>On Sun 24 May, fcembrola wrote:
>> When I try to program the PIC (16C84), I find
>> that the first location is being programmed
>> with the second byte of the program, the
>> second location with the third byte... and so
>> on.
>
>Might be your ISP programmer doesn't turn on the 13 Volts
>programming voltage on fast enough; this should be up in 1 uS,
>says the programmimg spec.
>Have a look; maybe faster rising the 13 Volt helps!
>
>--
>Rien Mertens,  Rosmalen(NL)        email: mertens@telebyte.nl