On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 12:14:22PM -0400, Andy N1YEW wrote:
> I am trying to convert linuxpp(david tait style hardware) from the 16f84 to the 16f87x....
>
> What would I have to change to make it work??
>
> I saw that BAJ said that(http://piclist.com/techref/microchip/16F877/taitlinux.htm):
> "The final patch to picprg 2.2 is changing the 0x08 begin programming command in lowlvl.c to 0x18, which is the 16F87X equivalent."
>
> I tried that but it still couldn't erase my new 16f876...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> YES, RB3 is tied to ground!

Oh that was long ago! We've had several threads since then on the subject.

Let me suggest you try my trivial programmer. Essentially it's the Tait
programmer with all of the high voltage stuff removed. Only does low voltage
programmer. It's been tested with the 16F87X series and the 16F628. My
development environment is Linux based but as long as the software has
configurable pins, anything should work:

http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys

Hope this helps,

BAJ

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