Don't feel bad.  I thought that was what he meant too.

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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Scott Shidel...
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 6:07 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: ROM vs OTP
>
>
> O, I misunderstood.  I thought you were saying that OTPs HAD to be
> hardcoded by Microchip, and that self programming wasnt an option.
>
> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Mr and Mrs James Paul wrote:
>
> >  What do you mean what gives.   What you say is true.  I didn't
> >  say anything contrary to that, did I?  If I did, I didn't mean
> >  to.
> >
> > >On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Mr and Mrs James Paul wrote:
> > >
> > >>  OTP parts are really EPROM devices without a window to erase
> > >>  them.  ROM parts are actually Masked ROM parts.  You have to
> > >>  send your code to Microchip, and they hard code it into the
> > >>  part.  The result of this is that the parts are much cheaper
> > >>  than using OTP parts, if you have enough volume to justify the
> > >>  initial setup costs.  Hope this helps.
> > >>
> > >
> > >What?
> > >I thought that you could program OTPs yourself, but you just
> couldnt erase
> >
> > >it once you did.  What gives?
> > >
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