> I was expecting first "Error ..." reports from users.
> Few questions I need to know to help you out:
> Does PIP read the PIC using RS-232 serial programmer?
> Does it erase the chip? If getting "Error .." report
> does the chip get programmed partially or not at all?

PIP thinks that it can read the chip, but it can't. It doesn't program it
at all (I have a 19-word test program that I managed to get into it with
blowpic that I'm overwriting, but the old test program stays).

> FYI there is a small test program four our drivers -
> /pub/sis/msdos/drivers/drvtst1.zip
> that program can be used to test drivers/hardware.
> You can use that program to set programmer pins and
> to read them back. Did you verify your RS-232 programmer
> hardware with that program?

I haven't tried this, but will.

[ ...Yadda yadda yadda... ]

> If your final "product" is a software package please ask us
> about licensing of our programming routines/drivers. You would
> get support at once for all the hardware we support.
>
> If your final "product" is a hardware with in circuit programming
> of PIC's you may also ask for programming support from us,
> DOS units or Windows DLL's available for in circuit programming.

My final product is for personal use only, and isn't going to be a
commercial product, or I would have asked these questions as well. Thank
you for the information anyway.

> PS we had some problems with PIP and RS-232 programmer ourselfs
> howevere only in Windows 95 DOS boxes. We have found that that
> exiting PIP and removing and re-installing the RS-232 programmmer
> driver has solved that problems. We are working on that problem
> currently, but until it's solved, please try to re-install the
> driver if having problems to program from DOS boxes

This is good to know. I'm doing this directly from DOS (6.2); if I can
get the RS232 setup working, I'd love to run it under dosemu in Linux.
Anyone know of programmers that run from unix directly? I could always
try to port blowpic...

Jorj

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