Thanks for the reply. I am pretty sure that there is nothing wrong with the serial connection. I have often used Hyperterm to have a look at what is going on (and to install displayserver). It does actually seem to register the Epeg is there (once I power it on) and it does seem to erase the flash memory ok so I think the connection is ok. Any other ideas?

Cheers,
Andy

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