I pull out an old circuit with a 18F44K22, connect my U2, check the Device ID, but I used the JUMPER THAT WAS ON THAT CIRCUIT ALREADY. The darn thing worked. I swap for one of my 16F877, program, swap it to my new test breadboard on the left, and instant heartbeat.

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All these days going nowhere, it was the fracking cable that came with the U2 USB programmer. I still have the super-short cable that came with my U2 Serial Programmer, and that one works fine. It's just too damn short so I had made a 2 inch version.

So I pull out the meter and start checking continuity on the jumper. This is what it looks like. :O

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Insane...

Robert