sounds like something i came across couple of months back
try here i think its a surething....
http://www.hobbytron.net/R-PIC-1.html
if it is this one then it is parrallel and you can get and updated schem and
soft here...
http://www.hobbytron.net/R-PIC-1.html
if it does look like try comparing the board with the schem just to make
sure its not "badged" up.

hope it helps

Phil Adams
IT / E-Commerce Manager
pa@corporate-gifts.co.uk
WH Business Gifts

----- Original Message -----
From: "D Lloyd" <dan.lloyd@GB.ABB.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 2:33 PM
Subject: [PIC]: Anybody have any information on an old picpro?


>
>
> Hi,
>
> We have one of these devices but I cannot get access to it at present to
answer
> your question. My colleague and I remember it being parallel but dont hold
us to
> that!
> The software, if I remember, is DOS based and I do have a copy of it
floating
> about somewhere.......I'll look it up and send it directly to you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
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>   |Henry Cipolla <henry@CIPOLLA.COM>
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>   |01/09/2000 02:05 PM
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>
> Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list
<PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> cc:    (bcc: Dan Lloyd/GBPTD/ABB)
> Subject:  [PIC]: Anybody have any information on an old picpro?
>
> Security Level:?         Internal
>
>
>
> I obtained an old Microchip PicPro from an flea market at MIT, but it
> did not come with any documentation or information of any sort.  It is a
> Microchip PicPro 16C5X series programmer.  Does anybody know of any
> software for it (Any operating system), or even what port it uses?  The
> connector looks like a serial port, but it could also be a wrong gender
> parallel port for all I know.  Microchip of course has offered me no
> support.  There is no mention of "PICPRO" on the website and they do not
> respond to any e-mails.  Any information regarding this peice of
> equpiment would be more then useful, as it is too light to work as a
> paperweight, and I'd had to have it be absoultely useless!
>
> -- Henry
>
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