I don't know about the different chips, but I'm running my -20 on the breadboard at 4mhz with no problems, and also at 20mhz just so long as I set the OSC value in PicBasic to reflect the correct processor speed. At 11:06 AM 3/7/2002 -0500, you wrote: >The only local store to carry PIC stuff (Active Electronics, the retail >division of Future Electronics) here in Ottawa carries a 16F877-04. This >implies a 4 mHz part. The Microchip site doesn't even mention a 4 mHz chip >- only 20 mHz. > >The Digi-Key catalog shows both 4 mHz and 20 mHz versions, so I guess there >must be such a version. > >Does the -04 really mean a 4 mHz part? > >Larry >Larry Bradley >Orleans (Ottawa), Ontario, CANADA > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu