> You have to ask yourself whether the actual programming time is significa=
nt compared
> to (for example) moving the chips into and out of the ZIF sockets...

And if building your own gang programmer is really going to make enough com=
mercial difference compared to having Microchip program them for you (as ha=
s already been mentioned).

The cost of having Microchip program them must be less than the labour to m=
ake the programming connection if the chips are on a board, or to insert th=
e chip in a ZIF socket - without worrying about removing the plug or chip a=
nd the wait time.
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