> I thought MPLAB can set the programming range automatically

Might be wrong but I don't believe it can, not with the PS+ AFAIK

> A full 16F88 takes less than 15 seconds to program with two
> verify passes

> there is no reason the programmer can't automatically skip words
> set to the erased value.  Any memory address limit would therefore
> only apply to the single verify pass, which can't save much.

> Or the Picstart+/MPLAB combination is very poorly implemented

The PS+ is a very old design and slow as a wet week, although I'd
have though the introduction of the PUM would have improved
performance. Normally I get by, but a current job with an F452 is
frustrating at times. It takes 90 seconds to program 0 -> 401F. It
also takes the fun out of coding

If anyone knows that the PS+ can go faster, I'd like hear from them.
It could be simply that I've not read all the documentation

A second programmer is definitely on the shopping list (apart from
anything else, I have projects using mixed micros and even with ICSP
there's still too much cable swapping)

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