We have some claims that certain PIC parts have been turning up with bad 
programming.  As in, "It failed during burn in, so we reflashed it, and now 
it's fine".  This is the sum total of the research, so if you're thinking 
"hearsay" or "rumor", you may be close.   I have requested that any of 
these defective parts be sent to me so I can at least determine if we're 
talking bits, bytes, blocks, or the whole program segment.

What I want to know is, has anyone ever seen such a thing in the PIC 
line?  Does Microchip have anything to say about this?  I don't recall 
seeing discussions of this nature, and that has me guessing that this isn't 
a real problem.   I have seen similar discussions regarding EEPROM's, but I 
think this is a little different.   I have had other issues with 
programming, but it never came down to the part "forgetting".

FYI, favorite chips are 18F877A and 18F6621.  Promate III programmer, 
supposedly better than my ICD2.  Never had anything forget after using the 
ICD2.

Barry

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