Myke - for what it's worth I've spent some 3 more wasted hours looking for
the problem on the NEC laptop and I have learned that the serial port does
work with other software like hyperterm and an old copy of mirror - typing
characters to the Picstart plus however does nothing.

I tried the Picstart Plus system on a friend's desktop machine and the same
thing happens - can't detect the PSP on either of the serial ports on his
machine either - again - all fifos, etc. set as suggested in the
documentation.

This thing is going back first thing in the morning - I've got projects to
do and I'm afraid I just don't have the time to make a career out of trying
to get someone else's hardware to work - especially when I buy it!  I'd
appreciate any  pointers on another programmer that I can buy that tends to
WORK?  Cost is not much of a concern - keeping "my" customers happy is and
there's some milestones coming up....

Thanks for your assistance.

Regards,


Lewis



At 10:51 PM 6/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hiya Folks,
>
>Lewis (who's using his Dad's ID) says that he can't find any Serial Port
>Access and Darrel Johanson is looking for general access.
>
>My replies: