> What's wrong with a beginner's bootstrap programmer where you can follow
> the individual bits on an LED? :)

Come to think of it, all you need to program a blinkenled into a blank 
PIC with Flash is two debounced toggle switches and a table. Then you 
can toggle it all in ... oh and a Load/Stop/Run switch. First person to 
field a PIC programmer with blinkenlights and panel toggle switches will 
make history (pun!).

Toggling a 10-word program toggled into a PIC16Fxxx requires about 280 
clock toggles and half as many data toggles. Do-able with some patience, 
probably after splitting into 5-toggle groups ;-)

Peter
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