Steve Smith wrote:
>
> Whats the fix to make the picstart+ work reliably on windows 95 (i already
> turned off the FIFO) on the port. It seems that the comms is too fast or
> somthing as it works ok intermittantly mplab is 3.4 and firmware in picstart
> is v1.2
>
> Any tips will save loads of stress turning to violance.......
>
> Cheers Steve.......


.... Try a new pic17c44 with v1.5 inside the picstart+, mine is finally
running ok on win98
Also you will need to read the picstart + readme notes if using
pic16c73/4 (not the A versions) as VPP rise time is too fast, I have
finally soldered in a .1uF capacitor, (pins 1 and 8) the recommended
.01uF was too small and stuffed my burn/debug/erase cycle just as badly
as no cap at all.
there is a "new"(5 months) spec for VPP level, this needs to be changed
also.

regards,
Graham Daniel