>> I ran Nigel's test on the programmer and I see the following:
>>When I set the port to $0378 (the parallel port I actually have it hooked to):
>>  When I toggle Data, In also toggles IF VDD is high.  If VDD is low, then In
>>doesn't toggle along.
>>All of the other inputs can be toggled with no effect on any either signal.
>
>That sounds like it's working OK, as the VDD signal also switches the
>pull-up resistors for the open collector gate you need to have VDD
>turned on.
>
>Try checking with a volt-meter on the actual pins of the PIC, you should
>see the voltages change when you toggle the data and clock lines.
I did, everything changed along with the screen.
However, VDD and VPP were inverted from what the screen said (with the most
 recent DOS version.)

>I've forgotten now what your problem was :-), was it that it wouldn't
>detect the hardware?. What version of the software are you using, one of
>the earlier versions had a problem on fast machines!.
It is that it couldn't detect the hardware.  This is a *BRAND NEW* problem.  The
 hardware has worked
like a charm
for months and now all of a sudden the PC says it can't find it.  I have tried a
 different PC.

Can you tell me the exact sequence that the programmer software uses to look for
 the hardware.  The
only thing that I can figure is that something broke somewhere.

Thanks in Advance,

Alan G. Smith
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