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Neil Harling <neil.harling@PROFIRE.CO.UK> wrote:
> I set the code protection bit in a PIC16F877.  This rendered the part
> un-programmable using the
> PICSTART Plus programmer.
>
> Perhaps another type of programmer would ignore the bit ?.

I think you need to do a bulk erase on the chip and then you'll be able
to re-program it.

I don't know how to do this on the PS+ but it's easy with a MPLAB-ICD.

Brian Gregory.
briang@cix.co.uk