I bought the $99 starter kit for 1.5M design work.  Taking it out of the box was
the easy part.  It has been a multi-week ordeal getting USB to run on the PC.
First I bought a new PC.  Then I discovered that the USB port was not
acknowledged by '95 (must be the OEM version 2.1+USB).  So I found that I needed
a handful of BIOS updates and patches and drivers and PHD's.  10 hours later '95
no longer boots.  I have the Beta for '98 on my desk, and I am tempted to load
 it
up.  Chances are the MB still won't give me a valid port to address.

The big thing going through my head is, if it is this hard for me, how hard will
it be for customers?  Will it be a good 20 or 30 years before everyone has
working USB ports?

Sigh.

Chris Eddy

Eric Smith wrote:

> > Does anyone know if Microchip will produce a PICmicro with a USB port?
>
> I once asked that question, and was told by someone at the factory that
> Microchip had little interest in USB because USB micros for keyboards and
> mice would be a commodity and have very low profit margins.
>
> It seemed strange to me, since Microchip was at one time the number one
> manufacturer of micros for mice (PIC1654).
>
> I've been looking at using the Cypress parts.  They seem quite reasonable for
> simple to medium complexity USB devices.
>
> Eric