> I have a tube of 16F87xA chips (the 40-pin version) that I couldn't
> program with my ISP-Pro programmer.
>
> The "A" chips require a different programming algorithm than
> the normal chips.

For programming purposes you must consider the 16F87xA series as totally
different from the 16F87x series. Only a programer/host software combo
that specifically supports the -A's will work. (the latest version of
Wisp628 does)

Wouter van Ooijen

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