On Jun 29,  1:18pm, R Duflon wrote:
|Subject: PIC programmer for Mac?
| I'd like to be able to program PIC16Cxx parts from a Mac (and on a budget).
| I already own a Parallax PIC16Cxx Programmer for the PC, and am wondering
| if anyone has worked out a Mac interface and software, or if the comm
| protocol is in the public domain.
|
| Alternatively, recommendations for a Mac based programmer would also be
| appreciated.  Thanks for any and all help!
|
| Ray
| rduflon@cup.portal.com
|-- End of excerpt from R Duflon

The Microchip tools will work under SoftPC on a Mac. But, the communications
protocols are different, so the programmer itself cannot exchange info with
the computer.

I attended the Microchip seminar yesterday, and asked if there were any
plans to develop a suite of tools for users with Macs. In response, the
instructor asked all those who would use the Mac tools if they were
available to raise their hands. Only three of us out of about a hundred
and fifty people raised their hands. The instructor said "There, that's
the answer to your question. We aren't going to get into the Mac
development tool business." So it looks like you and I and the rest of
the rest of the Mac users are SOL.

I bought an old XT just for the sole purpose of running MPASM, MPSIM
etc.

Regards,
Reg


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