Sam Powell wrote:
>
> Can one program an 877 using a Tait (Maplin) Programmer?

If you follow the yellow brick road from:
http://www.dontronics.com/vicuni.html
to:
Programming the PIC16F877 on a SimmStick,
you will find out how to use this type of setup on a Maplin programmer.
It uses a David Tait Printer port design, which David taught me all
about in about 1994.

also check out:
http://www.dontronics.com/dt106.html
http://www.dontronics.com/dt001.html
for load/run operation.

Don McKenzie  mailto:don@dontronics.com http://www.dontronics.com

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