Isn't this how most 'proper' programmers work?

Download a hex file from a PC to some onboard memory, which then uses a PIC
to program the target PIC...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Monteith [SMTP:jimm@SERVICEMATE.COM]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:54 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      programming a pic with a pic
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on a project where I need to store hex code in a 16F877
> different from the code running in the 16f877.  The code running in the
> chip
> needs to be able to read the stored hex code and write it to another pic.
>
> I just wanted to ask if this is do-able before I started beating my head
> against the screen.
>
> I had thought about storing the hex code like a bootloader in upper
> program
> memory.  Is it possible to read those locations and clock the bits out a
> port?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts,
>
> Jim
>
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