> From: Kieran Sullivan <ksullivan@BFSEC.BT.CO.UK>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Programmer Idea
> Date: Wednesday, 28 May 1997 19:56
>
> I have just read the article below. It is quite a good design
> hardware-wise. Unfortunately I am just about to finish my own design
which
> may be used via a serial or parallel port. It too uses a PIC (16C84), but
I
> will put my code onto my web site as soon as it is finished. The hardware
> is complete and testing finished last night. The code for the PIC is well
> under way and should be finished by next Monday. The programmer
controller
> on the PC will be written under Windows95, but there will be both a
> command-line and GUI interface version. I need the command line version
so
> that it works with my IDE. The GUI version will be useful for reading the
> PIC and disassembling the code, etc. If anyone wants the hardware design
> and PCB layout I will be happy to post it to my web site a little earlier
> than I had planned. BTW, anyone know how to convert orcad schematics and
> PCB layouts to JPEG or GIF files?
>

Sounds nice.  Does it need an interrupt on the parallel port, if used in
that mode?  I'm kinda short on ints!

Re conversion - Protel outputs PostScript files (which embed in MS Word
nicely) - I don't know if OrCad does tho.
If it did, you could use something like PaintShop Pro's PS rasteriser to
load it into PSP, then save it however you like...
There are probably other shareware / freeware converters around.  (PSP's
rasteriser is not part of PSP shareware, BTW, it's an extra cost item)

MikeS
<mikesmith_oz@relaymail.net>