The saga continues... I just ran the absolute latest version of MPLAB. It gets part way through downloading to the PROMATE, then gives a communications error. I am able to download to the PROMATE using the DOS program PROMATE.EXE just fine. This is on COM2 on a 486DX2-66 . Any MORE ideas??? Thanks! Harold Harold Hallikainen harold@hallikainen.com Hallikainen & Friends, Inc. See the FCC Rules at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules and comments filed in LPFM proceeding at http://hallikainen.com/lpfm ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.