The serial port is disabled in BIOS on this machine, in 0.70 b7 I get the output below for -D8 (in beta 8 I don't get anything): === spyd2: Load PLD 8 bytes Load PLD returns ICOM err 0x0 ... (the above repeats for many iterations then) spyd2: Get Status Get Status returns 0 ICOM err 0x0 spyd2: PLD pattern downloaded spyd2: Get Reading, 500 clocks Trigger Get Reading returns ICOM err 0x0 spyd2: instrument inited OK Instrument Type: Spyder 2 Serial Number: 00648326 Hardwar version: 0x0300 Place instrument on test window. Hit Esc, ^C or Q to give up, any other key to continue: === On 25/02/2008, Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What output do you get with -D8 ? > > Do you have any serial ports on your machine ? > > > Graeme Gill. > > >