Hey Squibcakes-

Just to say thank you for posting this project to the Forum way back when.
I have just completed 6 months of work on a 2 way comms project using DTMF signalling, and I have to tell you that not having to take out the PIC every time I program is an absolute pleasure and revolutionised my programming life. Also, where in the world can you make up a complete working programmer for the cost of 1 DB9 connector, 3 resistors, and some shrink tubing?

The Picstart is now gathering dust in the cupboard, as ICprog and the Squibcakes programmer does everything I want it to do.

Further on the discussion about programming voltages, I found that the programmer would not work with Vprog less than 11.5v, and as my laptop/USB-Serial only gives out 9.5v, I have to stick to my desktop