Byron A Jeff wrote:

> I took a quick read of the programmer specification. These parts accept
> each of the 1,4, and 8 word writes. AFAICT they are backwards compatible
> with the 16F877 and 16F877A in terms of programming.

Right, maybe the basic programming routines. Now, Olin's post
points against that.

But there are other things, like size of (and the number of)
the config word(s). Most programmers usualy have a "mask" to
correctly verify the config word when read back. And the 87x
series has one config word, the 88x series has two words.

And anyway, even *if* the old 87x(A) would work, you'd like
to have that verified before getting (maybe buying) 88x chips.

Jan-Erik.


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