Dave Kingma wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using the latest MPLAB 3.22.02 that I obtained off the Microchip
> website. I am also using the Picstart Plus Development Programmer, Part
> #10-00157. When I try and configure the programmer port within MPLAB,
> I get an error message saying "Command [8D] not echoed properly [AB]."
> Thus, I'm not able to talk to the programmer.  What is happening here?
> I am running MPLAB on a Pentium Pro 200 with Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.
> I have also tried it on a 486DX2-66 running Windows 95 with similar results
> (although it did not report this message, it just couldn't find the
> programmer).  Any suggestions?

I have MPLAB 3.09.10 running on my NT 4.0 workstation with a PICStart
Plus. No later versions seem to run. I believe it even worked with my
old PICStart firmware, V1.01, and it works fine with the V1.20 firmware
upgrade. I got 3.09.10 from the 1996 Microchip CD. Might be worth a try,
even though it lacks the latest bells and whistles(and new chip
support).

Maybe Microchip could try going back to the comm routines used on 3.09
for a beta of 3.23!

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