> Olin, do you have a reference somewhere that DS30262C is no longer valid
> for 16f877?

I guess so because I have DS39025F (PIC16F87x EEPROM Memory Programming
Specification) in front of me right now, which I got off the Microchip site
a few weeks ago.  Table 6-1 in section 6.0 on page 18 shows Tprog,
"programming cycle time", as 4mS max.  Section 2.4.2.8, "Begin Programming",
on page 6 mentions that a wait of "program cycle time" must be observed for
the programming to complete.


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