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>
>I'm working on a simple data acquisition project based on
>the 16F877A. I'm using HI-TECH PICC Lite v8.02pl1 as my
>compiler.  No simulator or ICD, all code is run on device.
>
>First problem is with strings- they don't work unless I use
>-NO_STRING_PACK. I thought that the 877A could read its
>own program  memory and string packing should work.  The
>USART demo from microchipc.com also fails when string
>packing is enabled, so it isn't my code.

That's correct, there is a library bug in PICC Lite
concerning packed strings on the 16F877(A).  I found it
last year, and finally got Hi-Tech to acknowledge it around
March of this year.  It will be fixed at some point in the
future (the next release of PICC-LITE).

Good advertising, Hi-Tech!

Bill

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