>My thanks to Jim Robertson who clarified that it is not possible to
>use an upgraded Picstart 16b1 to program a 17C43.

<snip>

>        It would be so great if one wasn't forced to use Windows in
>order to operate the Picstart+.  I know in my heart that there is no
>valid technical reason for this, only artificial ones.

Martin - please talk to Jim Robertson again.  I believe that he has an
upgrade for the Picstart+ that allows it to work with his DOS based
programming software.  Ask him about 4LAB for the picstart+.

dwayne


Dwayne Reid   <dwayner@planet.eon.net>
Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd    Edmonton, AB, CANADA
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