Problem with Sparkfun Tiny Programmer

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I am having a problem with using the Sparkfun Tiny Programmer with an attiny85 chip.
I just downloaded version 2.1.1 for the Arduino IDE.
The board I am using is ASttiny25/45/85.
Clock speed is 1 mhz
Processor is ATtiny85
Programmer is USBTinyISP
The serial port listed in device manager is under libsub-win32 devices as usbtiny.
I burnt the bootloader and I also use upload using programmer under the sketch.
I don't think that the IDE recognized the serial port since when I look at get board information from tools, it gives me the following error message: Native serial port, can't obtain info
Also when I use upload using programmer, it tells me I have 602 bytes program storage and global variables, but it looks like it goes into a viscous circle. I have the programmer plugged directly into a usb port on the computer so that shouldn't be an issue.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Carroll

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Hi Carroll,

Did the programmer work correctly with IDE version 1.9... ?

That's not relevant. If you are using an ISP programmer, no serial port is used.

Please clarify what you mean. If you upload a sketch using the ISP programmer, you will overwrite the bootloader you burned before.

But with ATtiny85, when you select "burn bootloader", usually no bootloader is actually burned! Some settings are changed, but sketch upload using serial adapter is not possible, because there is no bootloader in reality.

Please try to explain in more precise detail what you want to do and the steps you are following to achieve that.

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Thanks for responding.

Did the programmer work correctly with IDE version 1.9... ?

It did for 1.6. That is the last I used it.

That's not relevant. If you are using an ISP programmer, no serial port is used.
OK point taken. I read that in 2.1.1, you cannot just upload a attuny85

Please clarify what you mean. If you upload a sketch using the ISP programmer, you will overwrite the bootloader you burned before.
I didn't know that. At this point, I am trying everything.

Please try to explain in more precise detail what you want to do and the steps you are following to achieve that.

It seems to be working now. The reason that I didn't think it worked is that I was expecting there to be more writing in the ide like the old ide.
It was a blink program and I guess I didn't change it enough to notice a difference. Thanks for responding back.

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