Dan Mulally wrote:
>
> I need to program a 12C508 (8-pin PIC) and MPLAB tells me that my
> PICSTART plus programmer needs to be upgraded to firmware version
> 01.01.06 or later. Does anyone know where can I get this upgrade? I
> bought the programmer from Digikey last year and don't see any upgrades
> in their catalog. Thanks.
>
> Dan Mulally
> dmulally@silver.sdsmt.edu


The latest ver of MPLAB should come with the required Hex file.  The
help menu in MPLAB will tell you what the file is called.  You will also
need to buy a 17C44 - 25 to put this new file on.