POHPIC Software
The host computer software for the POHPIC is written in Perl. I have been using the Activestate port. This port is working great under Windows NT, but it has serious problems reading from the serial port under Windows 95. I have submitted a bug report, but I have yet to hear back from them. This puts a serious limitation on the project, since I am using Perl to create operating system independence.

I have completed the first version of the perl code that works under Linux. It will read, write, and production verify.

Here's what the program thinks it can do: 

pohpic -h
POHPIC V0.1a: Author Matt Bennett, http://www.hazmat.com/~mjb/contact/
Usage:

   Parameters:
      -h  -- What you are seeing right now.
      -d DEVICE -- program device type DEVICE
      -r FILENAME -- read contents of PIC into FILENAME, fails if FILENAME
                     exists, unless -o flag is included
      -o -- overwrite FILENAME if FILENAME as specified in -r exists
      -w FILENAME -- write contents of FILENAME into PIC
      -c YES_REALLY_PROTECT -- really write the code protection, if
                               FILENAME specifies it
      -p -- perform production level verify
      -q -- be quiet
      -v -- be verbose (default)
      -b -- verify part is blank before programming
      -e -- erase program memory (flash device only)
      -E -- erase data memory (flash device only)
      -x -- remove code protect and erase data (flash device only)
You can get a copy of the the perl code (tested under Linux) here. It only supports the 16C71 and 16F84 right now, since that is all I have to test it with. By adding a few lines of code to set a few parameters it should be possible to have it program any of the mid range PIC devices.

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