At 06:22 PM 3/9/02 +0000, you wrote:

>Forget the code; your PIC isn't running any program if it's so hot it
>burns your fingers.  These things normally run stone cold.

Agree. Microchip never implemented Motorola's "HCF" instruction in PICs.
(Halt and Catch Fire)

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