> Until recently I've used my PicStartPlus on a 486 but that's now
> got a dicky HDD, so I've transported MPLAB over to a 266
> Pentium. What a performance to enable the programmer. It
> can't transmit, it can't receive, it has to be reset etc etc. Perhaps
> 1 time in 10 it will program a chip. Talk about fussy. I had this
> Pentium trouble when I got the PSP several years ago and never
> got to the bottom of it, despite help from several quarters, and
> that's why it's been used for so long and painlessly on the 486.
> Now though, I have and need the resources of the list, and would
> like to know WTH I can do

The only problem I ever had communicating with a PicstartPlus was a few
versions of MPLAB ago.  There was some bug in how the programers were
handled.  You had to load the support files for the Promate whether you had
one or not, then the PicstartPlus worked.  More recent version of MPLAB
fixed this.  If you aren't running the latest version, then I would upgrade.
You might also make sure the PicstartPlus firmware is at the latest
revision, although that probably isn't the problem.

Have you tried all the available serial ports?


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Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts
(978) 742-9014, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com

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