On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 07:11, Mohit Mahajan wrote: > > Anyone with a clue, could probably find out the type > > of chip anyway. > Like I wrote "As a first line of defence". Will take him some time to, > nevertheless. Sorry, no. Unless you're using a REALLY obscure chip a trained eye would have a good idea of what part it is within about 5 seconds. I personally wouldn't even bother, in fact, a chip with it's markings removed would probably cause someone to try HARDER to copy your chip, since anything hidden automatically "activates" certain people. ----------------------------- Herbert's PIC Stuff: http://repatch.dyndns.org:8383/pic_stuff/ _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist