I tried to load this page and got a "page doesn't exist error! At 06:39 PM 3/4/98 -0800, you wrote: >At 12:12 AM 3/4/98 -0500, you wrote: >>Have any of you guys ever actually built a PIC programmer yourself or built >>one of the PIC programmers from David Tait's site or any other site? >> >>If you did, could you tell me if it works or if it was difficult to do? >>I also plan to build a programmer myself, but I'm not sure if it's better >>to build one that interfaces with the parrallel port or the serial port. >> >>let me know.. >> >>Thanks >>John >> >> >John >I just built a scaled down version of a parallel port design from Tato >Computers. The design and Windows software are available at >http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVally/Pines/6902/index.htm. I used 3904 and >3906 transistors. It worked very well first time, wich I can't say about >others I tried. >The software is really great. It will program a lot of different pics if you >want to build the whole thing. >I left out the Vpp2 and production circuits. Built it on a breadboard. > >John >