I have built a 16f877 board from scratch with a 10-pin programming
port that I connect to my dt001 programmer.  I have the PIC pins
dedicated to the programing port, so there is nothing else connected.

When I try to program the PIC, I get errors unless I hold my finger
across the data and clock lines of the PIC.  The wire from the DT001
through my board to the pic is about 8 inches.

Anyone have any ideas what is going on here?  I have though about
putting a large resistor across the pins to simulate my finger, but
I have not found anyone else having to do that.


thanks
John Scott
kd4vhg@radio.org