> Out of curiosity, what PIC you are using?  The once I have used so far (1=
6F and
> 18F) do not require to cycle power to go into programming mode.  I do not=
 recall
> microchip datasheets expressly state that requirement either, it would be=
 good
> to know to be aware of.

I was thinking generally, but examples are the 12F629 and 16F630. This=20
'feature' is mostly found on chips that can configure their MCLR pin as=20
input. It is described in the 'programming specifications' document, not=20
in the datasheet.

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