September 15, 1995



Stamp I and II customers:

Thank you for purchasing the Stamp Programming Package.  This package has been
modified to include Stamp I and Stamp II materials.  There are now two main
directories on this disk, as shown below:

     STAMP1     Contains everything for Stamp rev. D and BS1-IC module.
     STAMP2     Contains everything for BS2-IC module (Stamp II).

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You should find the following cables in the box:

     DB25-to-3 pin female    Cable for connecting Stamp rev. D and BS1-IC
                             carrier board to PC parallel port.

     DB9-to-DB9              Cable for connecting BS2-IC carrier board to
                             PC serial port.

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Possible Stamp II Error:

For the Stamp II software to find the Stamp II on any serial port, the serial
port signals DSR (DB9 pin 6) and RTS (DB9 pin 7) must be connected.  Otherwise,
the software will give a "Hardware not Found" error.  If the signals are not
connected, then the error can be avoided by telling the software which port to
use, as shown below:

    STAMP2 /x

Where "x" is the serial port number (1-3).

Please note that the Stamp II Carrier Board makes the necessary DSR-to-RTS
connection, so the error should not occur if the carrier board is being used.
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