I am a recent entrant into the exciting PIC world.

Can someone suggest to me a simple and reliable COM port programmer that
will work with my Pentium PC (P III 450MHz). I would like to build this
myself and hence would need the schematic and the software.

I recently tried the extremely simple "Quick and Dirty Programmer" which I
saw in www.elproducts.com. This uses the parallel port and works fine but it
cannot read the PIC and needs a separate power supply.

Are there any specific advantages in using parallel port programmers as
opposed to the serial port ones?

Thanks for helpful replies.

Regards,
Bala

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