>err, ummm, i believe some of the dead bugs in my dead bug box
>are there because i (re)programmed them to death.  after all,
>at 3 minutes for a try-modify-burn cycle, thats only (!) 500
>hours per pic.  the IDE lets me cut half a minute off that,
>so thats less than 500 hours on a f877.

Yes but that is for the program memory which does have a lower number of =
reprogram cycles life. The data EEPROM portion is specified to many more =
times reprogram cycles life. Check the data sheet, they are specified =
differently.

Coming back to the Flash Vs EEPROM debate, I think this is the area that =
is used to distinguish between the two names now.=20

Flash as a terminology is used for the chips or area which have a low =
number of programming cycles available, and is used for storing program =
code.=20

EEPROM as a terminology is used for storage that has a high reprogram =
cycle life and is used for storing data.

These may not be the way the two terminology's started out, but it is =
the way they now tend to be used (from my observation), irrespective of =
trademarks and patents.

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