On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 01:39:07 -0400, you wrote:

>Hello all, who else uses the 16F877?  Who else is totally disgusted that=
 the
>77A revision is delayed until next march at the earliest???  The 77 is a
>flash chip that if you leave it flash upgradable, you must leave it
>completely NAKED for copying.  Is this as ridiculous as I think it is?

There is some scope for protection against simple copying- you can
protect the bootloader area, and include calls to routines there in
your main code.

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