                         NOPPP9x version 1.32
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		          By Rafael Cabezas
		Homepage: http://members.fortunecity.com/rcabezas
		email:    rcg@softhome.net

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1)Disclaimer (legal stuff):
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I am not responsible for any damage to your computer or hardware
derived from the use of this software. Use at your own risk.

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2) What is NOPPP?
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NOPPP is a very simple PIC programmer hardware and software, it works
with the following micro-controller chips: 
PIC16C84, PIC16F84 and PIC16F83. 
For more info visit the page of NOPPP for DOS (made by Michael Covington):
http://www.CovingtonInnovations.com/noppp
 

3) What is NOPPP9x then?
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I decided to port the software to windows. This more than a port is a
a rewrite of the code, a translation of it into Windows' VB.
The result is NOPPP9x. 

I did the port for several reasons, first, I wanted to practice my 
Visual Basic programming skills, and porting code from C was a very
interesting idea, specially since the original code accessed the hardware
ports and worked with variables bit-wise. 

Other reason is that I used "noppp" very often, and as I work in MPlab for 
windows for developing, I was looking for a more friendly interface. 

Lastly, as I learnt from the code, I wanted to implement a way to dump 
the program from the pic. This feature is present in the first public 
version of my software. And many users reported it works ok.

To use this feature, you need to register the software. Thanks.

4) What do I need to get started?
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*First, you need the NOPPP (programmer) hardware, for more info. look at
the home page of the original NOPPP. 
(http://www.CovingtonInnovations.com/noppp)

*Then you need a PIC and a program of course. The program must be in hex 
format. I will implement the loading of binary (.bin) files later if ppl
really ask for such a feature.
*The latest version of NOPPP9x.
 Get it from http://rcg.homepage.com/noppp9x.htm

5) Future Features (hopefully):
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*support for more pics.
*better error detections. 
*etc..


9) Greetings:
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I would like to thank the following people: 

-Michael A. Covington (covington@mindspring.com)
For making the original NOPPP for DOS! 

-David Tait (david.tait@man.ac.uk)
For making TOPIC, which inspired Michael :) 

-Everyone who has e-mailed me!

6) Contact info:
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Rafael Cabezas G.
My e-mail:  rcg@softhome.net 

