THIS IS A REPOST. I made some bo,bo's on the subject line (sorry) Hello everyone I have a question that I'm hopping some one can help with. I did post this on the picbasic list but I didn't get any responses on it so!!!! here I am at the pic list. here goes. I'm using the melabs x1 board and communicating with a note book through the serial port I'm also using the melabs loader. here is the problem my notebook is dying(poor thing) so I bought a new one but there is no serial port. only usb I tried 2 different usb to serial adapters but didn't do the trick I was able to read the info from the chip on a terminal program but I couldn't program the chip. so now I'm thinking..... this thing does have a ps2 port, is this the same as a serial port if I use a ps2 to serial adapter? you know the type that comes with a mouse. because if it is then my problem may be solved but I hate to try it and end up with a cook out. so If any of you can be of any help !!!!TIA regards Victor Faria -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics