MPSTART likes to see intel hex files with 16 bytes or less of code in each
line.  There's a small conversion utility program called 'hex2hex
available for download on the Phillips BBS, (800) 451-6644, that converts
longer line files to 16 bytes.  Try 'www.semiconductors.philips.com', too.

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On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Clyde Smith-Stubbs wrote:

> Here's one for the Piclist - I can't answer this since I don't have
> access to a PICSTART. Our compiler produces hex files in a format that
> I believe is generally known as INHX8M - i.e. two bytes per PIC word,
> with the upper bits of the second byte unused. MPLAB has no problems
> with this. We also produce a .COD file. What does the PICSTART accept?
>
>
> -----Forwarded message from pakton@ozemail.com.au (Paul Thompson)-----
>
>
> > I am using the PICSTART -16B1 (firmware version 2.0) to blow a windowed
> > 16C71 but
> > it doesnt understand your intel hex file output.
> > I dont know whether the incompatibity lies in the firmware or the the MPS16B
> > program.
>
> > Is there another output file format that I should be using?
>
>
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