> I'm attempting to set up an old laptop (a thinkpad 755, running Windows
> 3.11) to use a Picstart Plus.  Unfortunately, the latest firmware (3.0)
> and version of MPLAB (5.7) give "cannot receive" errors when you try to
> use the programmer from the built-in MPLAB interface.

Before changing the software versions, did you verify the serial port
settings?
Should be hardware flow control.
The other M'chip recommended setting may not have a 3.11 equivalent, but
you don't want to use FIFO buffers (if you have a 16550 compatible UART).

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