On Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:46:13 -0600, you wrote:

>Has anyone tried running the PICStart 16c (v1.3) on a Macintosh with
 Softwindows
>2.1 Windows emulation?  I can get other developer's systems working in this
>mode, but the communication for the PICStart just doesn't quite "catch".
>
>The manual for the PICStart is very sketchy on communication parameters such as
>Baud rate, parity, etc.  I've tried common combinations of these, hardware
>handshaking and Xon/Xoff, too.  I know that the signals are different
 connecting
>for the Mac are different than RS-232 but the special hardware I got with
>Softwindows is supposed to take care of most of those cases.
>
>Any sources for information on this, or experience out there?  Please, no guff
>about the Macintosh.  I just can't give up my Mac even though all the
>engineering hardware is made for the PC.

SoftWindows 3.0 was released on Monday. The comms emulation should be
better than that in 2.x - it's certainly had more testing.
jim