>has anyone managed it to program a 12c508? >i burnt 3 of these chips... >the code is alway written perfect up to address $3f. up from $40, the >otprom is filled with all $00. >any idea what's wrong? I don't know your tool but if you set the protection bit it should look exactly like this ... Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads