Hi Folks,

I've been playing around with a sample 16F877 and I am having problems with
not getting a reliable start up.  I'm trying to run it at 4 MHz (using a
crystal and two 15 pF caps).  The operation of the oscillator seems to be
hit or miss (mostly miss).  I've played around with different parts (I've
tried a ceramic resonator, different values for the capacitors) and still
nothing that is reliable.  I have not tried an in-line resistor.

Has anybody else seen this type of problem and if you did, what did you do
to fix it?

Thanx,

myke