Jim, I just read in section 28.8 of the PICmicro MID-RANGE MCU FAMILY manual that you are correct. However, I must have hosed the chip somehow, cause it ain't working. John G -----Original Message----- From: Jim Robertson [mailto:newfound@PIPELINE.COM.AU] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 12:15 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: Unprotecting a flash part At 10:05 AM 3/9/00 -0500, you wrote: MPLAB/picstart plus will remove the code protection automatically next time you program the part. No need to worry. Jim >I have accidentally set the code protection on my 16F873. Doe anyone know >how to reverse my mistake. (I know one way, but I don't want to fire up my >soldering iron yet.) > Regards, Jim Robertson NEWFOUND ELECTRONICS ________________________________________ Email: newfound@pipeline.com.au http://www.new-elect.com MPLAB compatible PIC programmers. ________________________________________