RB6 and RB7 both work on the manual test, and are connected to pins 27 an= d 28=20 respectively (on the 16F872). PGM is now forced to ground (pin 24), both= VSS=20 pins are grounded. Vdd and MCLR are connect as appropriate. Cheers, -Neil. On Wednesday 30 April 2003 19:03, Ned Konz scribbled: > On Wednesday 30 April 2003 03:17 pm, Picdude wrote: > > ... > > But alas, same prob.... says pic is protected and needs to be. > > Erasing does not help any. > > Nothing connected to the programming pins RB6/RB7? -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body