If one is using the PicStart 16B or 16C1 is the P.C. timing as
critical as it might be with a programmer using the parallel port?  I know
the UART in the com port clocks the data, but I don't know what other
RS-232 lines are used and how their timing effects the PicStarts.

        I remember reading a message a long time ago about how TSR's might
disrupt the programming process and I couldn't remember whether this
applied to PicStarts or just to parallel programmers.

        I do have a TSR I wrote that runs on the P.C. that will be used
with the PicStarts and I was planning to disable it during programming
because it does slow the system down slightly, but if this isn't a problem,
why bother?

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 36.7N97.4W
OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Data Communications Group