Hulatt, Jon wrote : > it'd erase > the entire range of memeory which is 32k, and would take ages. I would expect the programmer to do a bulk erase, which erases the whole chip and is quite fast. ***************************************************************** Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.