> 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.

There's definitely something that's stopping (and always has done
on any of my PCs) from talking to a PSP properly. I'm sure MPLAB
and PSP are OK

> More recent version of MPLAB
> fixed this.  If you aren't running the latest version, then I would
upgrade.

5.30.00 should be alright ? And as I mentioned, 3.99.06 has been
faultless for a long long time

> You might also make sure the PicstartPlus firmware is at the latest
> revision, although that probably isn't the problem.

With reference to George Tyler's suggestion about upgrading
the 17C44, that's on the "to do" list as I need to start using a
wider range of chips. Upgrading a PSP that doesn't work is a
Catch-22 (and EPROM 17C44's aren't yet in stock at Arrow yet
so I couldn't do it even if I were able to)

> Have you tried all the available serial ports?

I think it's got to the stage where I need to do try some left field
ideas. Anything "sensible" I've had a go at so far hasn't made a
lick of difference. If I still strike out then I'll just get a new HDD
for the 486, defeatist as that sounds

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