Hello Allen, At 12:54 PM 10/16/01 -0700, you wrote: weekend, I can't get the programmer to work. The >programmers "POWER" and "ACTIVE" indicators are lit, >but the software keeps telling me that no hardware is >connected. The port (parallel) is fine, because I >just disconnected my printer to try out the programmer >(and confirmed that the printer still works on the >port when I remove the programmer). I haven't used the PicLite, but suggest you check the printer type in your computer's BIOS/CMOS settings. If it's set to "standard", you get fewer status signals back from the printer. Try setting it to "ECP" or "EPP" mode. Good luck, Neal Robles _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.