> > > 13.    Your PicStart Plus may not communicate with a fast processor.
> Keep
> > a
> > > slow machine around as your programmer!
> >
> > How fast?  What does system CPU speed matter to the serial port?  Is it
> > because uC is still sticking to Win16 binaries rather than keeping up
with
> a
> > more accepted Windows API for the newer systems?  Or is it that
> motherboard
> > makers are pulling out certain backward compatibilities?
>
> I find this hard to believe too.  I've used my Picstart+ with a 933MHz
> Pentium III running Windows 2000 without trouble.  My guess is some people
> ran into problems for other reasons and somehow thought the faster machine
> was the problem.

I think this may be related to a combination of a fast PC and an old version
of the Picstart Plus firmware.

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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