Alrighty folks, here's the final (?) scoop...

Digging thru backups/archives from the old linux drive I used to program =
PICs=20
with, I found a reference to "pp -n filename.hex", and questioned the "-n=
". =20
It's a no-read option.  Seems like that was what I was using back then, b=
ut=20
can't say I remember why?  So I tried it, and it said that programming th=
e=20
chip was successful.  Then I built the "walk" circuit to test, and lo and=
=20
behold -- it works!!!

< insert significant indicator of stress-relief here >

Now, though I'm considerably happy that I can program chips once again, I=
'm=20
not sure why I was, or need to use the no-read option, but I'll do some=20
investigating.  I may be looking into another programmer soon, so handle=20
other devices, but I'll leave that to a new thread.

Much thanks for the help everyone!
-Neil.

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