> And where's that binary
> code translator
> to convert one to another?

Feel free to make one.


> The 648 ought to be binary compatible with
> the 628 and 627, right?

As far as I can see it is, except that my beloved 'external resistor
oscillator mode' is gone.

> I think we'd get further on "hobbyist programability" by designing
> standardized
> bootloader software and circuitry.

There are lots of bootloaders around, just choose your standard :)

BTW I sell both blank PIC chips and pre-programmed PICs ($2 extra),
including a 16F877 bootloader. I do occasionally sell a pre-programmed
chip, but not much.

> (what are the cheapest and
> smallest PICs with bootload capability,
> anyway?)

16F818? But in a 1k chip a bootloader leaves very little space for an
application :( But a client of me uses the 16F819 with a 1 k bootloader
(1k for the application).

Wouter van Ooijen

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