At 10:27 16/01/99 -0800, you wrote:
>At 01:09 PM 1/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>I'm running the MPLAB 4.0 under NT 3.51 with the PICStart Plus on an IBM
>>Thinkpad 750C.
>>
>>Is it just my configuration or is anyone else having problems with the
>>programmer working sometimes and not others? About ever 3rd
>
>Howard:
>Maybe this should become a FAQ.
>
>MPLAB 4.0 will run on NT but the PICStart is not compatible
>with NT.  There have been scattered reports of the PICStart
>"kinda" working but you really need win-95/win-98/win-3.1 or DOS.


DOS? Picstart plus and DOS?


>Microchip has been promising an NT driver but to date
>have not produced one.  Several months ago someone on the list
>claimed to have an NT driver.  Perhaps someone else kept
>that posting & can re-post it or even comment on the
>usefulness of the substitute driver.


I informed the piclist that several people using NT have successfully ran
WinTM4
under NT. Subsequently I have had numerous people try out my windows
drivers for both TM4 programmers and the picstart plus programmer and the
following are my conclusions from all the feedback.

1) There were install problems for many. These problems are now fixed. For
those
wishing to retry, please download and install the VB4 runtime library before
installing WinPSP.

2) WinPSP works under NT as well as it does under win 95.  There is not a
single, "global"  NT problem or win 95 one for that matter but a small number
of people still have odd problems.  For the most though, it works.

BTW.  I have an updated WinPSP to post shortly. I have not been very active
with
this driver as it appears microchip will have the problem fixed shortly.


Regards

Jim



>I just dual boot Windows 95 for programming but still use NT for development.
>
>
>73,
>Dan Welch
>w6dfw@qsl.net
>
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