>I see to be having some trouble finding the spec on the actual EEPROM
write times in the >16F877. I have 200 pages of data sheets in PDF format,
and it seems like that data should >be listed in the back with the rest of
the AC parameters but I can't find it. Does anyone

p.157 of 30292b.pdf (16F877 data sheet):
Param No. D122 - erase/write cycle time for Data EEPROM memory:
4 ms Typ, 8 ms Max
Looks like it has to be one byte per write cycle (unlike, for example,
the 24LC01 we use a lot - you can get 8 bytes per write cycle).

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