Wouldn't access to serial port require a kernel mode driver as well? I have no problem with programming parallel port and I already have the kernel mode driver. > > > I think I'm just going to write my own I2C interface and just get the > > data directly from EEPROM via Parallel Port. I'm not positive, but I > > don't think EEPROM chip cares or knows what is talking to it, the pic > > or par port. This will eliminate writing pic routines to talk to the > > computer. Does anyone think that's not such a good idea and why? > >It will be a lot easier to write PIC code to read from an EEPROM and write >to the serial port than to get low level access to a parallel port in >Windows. The latter requires a kernel mode device driver. > > >***************************************************************** >Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts >(978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com > >-- >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 _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- 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