If yo go to :

http://www.lvr.com/parport.htm

You will find several win2k/XP drivers that allow Win98-style programmed
access to the parallel port. These drivers will usually enable an old Win98
program to run on Win2k/Xp and access the parallel port.

Peter Moreton
 

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Dave King
Sent: 22 September 2004 10:25
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [PIC]: P16Pro problems


>Er, I don't think anyone answered your Qs.

Yup I noticed I was just flooded with offers of help ;-]

>The problem is NOT the P16PRO40. Its Microsoft. When you switched from 
>98SE to Win2K, Windows no longer allows control of the I/O pins. 
>PICALLW won't work on Win2K (never did for me).

I tried it briefly on the 2K machine but between the 3.3vdc and having a
weird permissions error I quickly gave up and have just been trying to get
it to behave on the 98SE laptop.

>I always use an old DOS166 for PICALL and P16PRO40. Still works fine, 
>of course.

Well I am hoping I can get this P16Pro sorted out and stable again. It just
programs too many pic and others to toss in the bin. I won a new unused
Picstart Plus on ebay this AM for the grand sum of $10 but that will be a
few weeks before it gets here so I am thinking of getting one of Tony Nixons
USB/serial programmers which looks like it does everything the P16Pro did
and more including the 10F's !!

The real puzzling part is that I did not smell even a tiny wiff of smoke so
I know I didn't let any out of anything ;-]

Cheers

Dave

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