On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:04:12 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi,
>
>have a look at
>
>http://www.microchip.com/10/Tools/PICmicro/Program/picstart/Psf15000/index.
>htm
>
>There you can get the hex-file for programming an updated version of the
>PIC used in you PICStart Plus.
>
>But the well known problem occurs: what was first, the chicken or the egg.
>In other words: "Do you have a second programmer ?"
No problem - you use the old version, which works fine for the 17CX
chip used in the Picstart Plus