Yes, but 16C745 singles from Digikey = $11.45. 8 units could be a bit out of the OP's price range. :-( 3 is a good number because it is within EVERYONE'S price range; free as a sample batch. You're right, though. I've done very little burn and crash with EPROM. I'm a spoiled brat who first learned in college on a 16F876. Mike H. On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:32:40 -0400, Olin Lathrop wrote: > Mike Hord wrote: > > Burn 'n Crash with EPROM sucks bad enough as it is, but it's even > > worse if you only have 1 chip. Buy at least two; probably 3 or more. > > Back when I did most PIC development with UV erasable EEPROM devices, I > always made sure I had 8 of each type around. That allowed efficient use of > the eraser and there was always a blank chip around when I wanted to try a > new version. I never managed to outrun the erase pipeline, so effectively > it was as fast a today's flash. 3 chips would definitely not have been > enough to allow programming without waiting. _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist