Peter, You could try: copy filename.ext LPT1 or type filename.ext > LPT1 Regards, Tim Hamel In a message dated 7/6/00 12:32:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mcalpine@GME.NET.AU writes: << Hi all, In a spot of bother! My eprom programmer has had a serial port dummy spit, and I can't load my hex files that way :( It has a parrallel port but can't recall how to send my file via a dos command to the LPT port... can someone help me please? Regards Peter Mcalpine >> -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics