> special flash upgrade kit

Which was something I'd noticed but not realised the ramifications
of. For other PS+ owner's benefit -

"This PICSTART Plus Flash Upgrade Module is a PCB containing
a PIC18F6720 device and it permanently replaces the PIC17C44
inside the PICSTART Plus. The firmware is upgradable using MPLAB
IDE from now on. One no longer needs to program a PIC17C44 and
open the product enclosure to upgrade the PICSTART Plus firmware"

Kinda feel like a chump spending money on an EPROM C44 now
that it's redundant after 3.11. grrrrrr. I'll have to enquire at Arrow about
the flash kit, see if it's worth doing now or if it can wait

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