> Who can argue against the blatantly obvious need for being able to flash > update your own code ... > > > > ... If all 1,700 people on this list all send an email (I'll find > the address if the general attitude is to follow up on this) to mchip about > this, we may get that A revision that works properly. If you do contact Microchip directly about this, I strongly suggest you do it more politely than your posts here have been. You are much more likely to be successful by making your case on the merits and leaving emotional rants and childish name calling out of it. These people are only human too. How would you feel about a customer that called you up to yell and scream and insult you about your product as opposed to a customer that politely pointed out a flaw, how it was effecting him, and suggestions for you to improve your product? ***************************************************************** Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Devens Massachusetts (978) 772-3129, olin@cognivis.com, http://www.cognivis.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics