> > I will speak up in defense of SDCC. I am now, however, a user of C18. > But I did use SDCC successfully on my own projects for PIC16 and > PIC18. I did give up on C for 16F and learned assembly only because of > timing issues, not because SDCC produced bad or buggy code. > Unfortunately, I can't answer the OP's question but I'm sure he can > modify the hex file before programming. Most probably will have to add few lines to makefile, so when burning it would first download eeprom contents to a file, then burn it back together with code. Probaly that way it would not fail verification. --=20 KPL --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .