Eprom fail and lap top and some desk top computers

Archiver

[font=arial,helvetica]HI,
·············Have anyone been haveing problem programming the basic stamp 1
from a laptop and from certain computers...... the BS-1 will program fine
from my ·older computer but i have a problem when i try it on my PIII 900 MHZ
and my laptop..... Is there a way to solve this problem.[/font]

Archiver

Could be an issue with an IR port or a lack of resources. Laptops can be a
pain to configure because Windows will detect the ports even if they are
turned off. Not to mention a PCMCIA modem.

If the transfer program is DOS-based, it may or may not work PnP ports. I've
seen many computers with serial ports that work fine from Windows, but not
if you try to access the port from DOS. To see if the ports are assigned
correctly, do this:

Open a DOS window

Type DEBUG at the DOS prompt and press ENTER -- you should see a "-" prompt

Type D0:0400 and press ENTER -- these are zeros and not the letter O

Read the first line displayed -- mine looks like this:

0000:0400 F8 03 00 00 00 00 00 00-78 03 00 00 00 00 80 9F
........x.......

See the F8 03 -- that is COM1. If you have other ports, they would be listed
in the next 6 columns -- F8 02, E8 03, and E8 02 in this order. If they are
missing or not in the right column / order, you may have a port
configuration issue.

Press Q at the "-" prompt to exit DEBUG.

---

Original Message

---

> Have anyone been haveing problem programming the basic stamp
1
> from a laptop and from certain computers...... the BS-1 will program fine
> from my older computer but i have a problem when i try it on my PIII 900
MHZ
> and my laptop..... Is there a way to solve this problem.
>