Ron Anthony wrote: (to another David !)
>David, with all due respect, and to be perfectly and objectively factual,
>with no reasonable debate about it, Microchip TOTALLY BLEW IT on the flash
>part.  Case closed.  They blew it so badly that between the 77 and 77A, they
>completely revamped their fundamentally flawed design.  They made some
>horrendous design decisions and committed them to silicon with the 77.  It's
>a flash part, but if you want it flashable, it must be naked.  If you want
>it secure, you must turn the flash into OTP.  This couldn't be a worse
>situation.
<snip>

Why does it become OTP if you want it protected? If you set the code protect
on the 'F877, you can still re-flash the chip any time you like can't you? It's
just that you can't have a protected chip and a boot-loader at the same time.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's the way I understand it to work. If I'm
right,
the protect thing is not an issue for the rest of us who don't use
boot-loaders.
Regards...

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