Alex, Good choice welcome back. what's wrong with picstart+ programmer? 1. Life time warranty 2. firmware update is available on time 3. programs almost all pics 4. has case 5. excellent tech support 6. maybe more Andre Alex Rogers wrote: >Please can anyone help? I want to get back into Pic programming after a >couple of years doing other things. I got my pic programmer our of the loft >and have tried to get it working. In the meantime, of course, I know have a >different PC and I've lost the software to program with. > >Does anyone recognise my programmer? It is called a Pic Tutor v2. I have >put a picture of it at www.smartcti.com/pictutor.jpg . Can anyone help? I >have tried Tait (using 'quick and dirty style') and a couple of other >programmers but still can't work it out. > >When I fired it up, I still had my 16F84 with a program on it which worked >(lights blinked, etc.) I have now managed to 'blank' the chip so it doesn't >do anything! I have tried a new chip, a 16F84A, but still no good. > >Alex > > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist