Seems like the power supply (used wall wart) had to have poliarity reversed at plug. Better check that for sure. I have a original picstart. think I upgraded it. Going to use it soon to burn 100 16C71's to last rest of life of the machine while they still available. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chen Xiao Fan" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:39 PM Subject: RE: [PIC] Old PICStarts (Was: Best way to program OTP ...) > >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu >> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Barry Gershenfeld >> >> Update: Checked last night. Yes it's called PICStart. I see >> I already binned the rest of the books. Power supply is 9v 0.75A, >> matches the ICD-2 supply I have at work. Board has ZIF socket, >> MAX232 converter, etc. >> >> Oh, and I saved the (big) box. It holds all the PIC toys >> I've acquired so far (including, lunch associate also had a PICkit 1...) >> >> Barry > > We once had one of this (the old version PICSTART-16B1) but somehow > lost it. The slightly newer version is called PICSTART-16C. > I just checked the Microchip Technical Library CDROM First > Edition 2000. The CD has the user guide and DOS software for it. > > It seems to me that PICStart-16B1 software (v5.00, 1995) > supports the following device: 16C54/54A/55/56/57/58A/61/ > 620/621/622/71/71A and the 16C84. > > PICStart-16C V1.10.07 Beta (1996) > supports the following device: 16C62/62A/63/64/64A/65 > /65A/72/73/73A/74/74A > > But PICkit 1 will be much more useful than this. ;-) > > Regards, > Xiaofan > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist