Dear Piclisters:

    I am in need of advice, I am tring to install last years picstart
plus on my computer at home running Win95. The problem is that MPlab
with the picstart software installed insists that the programmer in not
attached to com2. I can get it to work if I pull my modem card out
which is on com4.  The IRQ's are as follows: com1 (mouse) IRQ 4, com 2
(picstart) IRQ 9, com3 (nothing), com4 (modem) IRQ 3, also a sound card
IRQ 5, and a printer IRQ 7.  I have tried reinstalling Mplab as well as
the other devices also I have tried an I/O card so that I could
hardware configure it, I can't get it to work with the card at all.  I
would greatly appreciate any input, thank you.


                                Friendly Regards,
                                John Reasoner
                                Solid State Instruments