Tony Kathro wrote...

  ... and all the nay-sayers jumped in.  What a circus!

  Yes, of course you should never do it, it's totally daft and so on.
It's in the tradition however of reverse-powered PICs glowing softly
red, or green or whatever out the quartz window, isn't it?  And then
being re-programmed another hundred times.

  Now who can tell of the PIC that DID set the equipment on fire?  Add
it to the urban legends and pass on I say!

  ROTFLMAO
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  Cheers,
        Paul B.