At 00:12 13/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey if u plug in a pic chip specifically a 16c84 right out the packaging
un programmed and wire it to +5v and mclr to +5v trough a 1k resistor and
place a 4mhz crystale with two caps on it going to ground should the
crystal be oscillating if u put a logic probe on it or no? cause my chip
isnt.  Im new to pic's..
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No it will not, you have to set the OSC type, as by default if I remember
(some one will correct me if I am wrong) the chip has the OSC set to an RC
type

Also you don't need to have a resistor connected to the MCLR pin


Dennis