Michael Shiloh wrote: > Sounds like a good idea. What is your laptop running? What programmer > are you using? Laptop runs Linux. Programmer software from the following source ... http://www.tatoosh.com/nexus/picpgmr.shtml http://www.tatoosh.com/nexus/linux/picprg.2.2.tar.gz ... but it's not GPL, so I'll probably implement my own. I have already coded up modifications to do 12C509, and I've tested it. Programmer board is a Tait design, either the Dontronics or the Kitsrus implementations work fine for me. -- James Cameron (quozl@us.netrek.org) Linux, Firewalls, OpenVMS, Software Engineering, CGI, HTTP, X, C, FORTH, COBOL, BASIC, DCL, csh, bash, ksh, sh, Electronics, Microcontrollers, Disability Engineering, Netrek, Bicycles, Pedant, Farming, Home Control, Remote Area Power, Greek Scholar, Tenor Vocalist, Church Sound, Husband. "Specialisation is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein.