> Hi folks,
>
> i'm new to the world of pic's so could do with a bit of advice.
>
> I've been given a picstart programmer  ( not the picstart plus )for the
> 16c74 pic's but i can't seem to get mplab to recognise it. The
> programmer works using the dos-based utilities provided so i know the
> hardware's ok. Is this a known problem / limitation? or am i doing
> something stupid? :-)
MPLAB will only run the Picstart Plus (which has no DOS software) or the
Picmaster.