>      Has anyone tried making a cable to run from the PicStart Plus to a PIC
>      installed on a target board?  Unless there's something magic about
>      connection lengths, or crosstalk, or.... it seems like it could work.

If you get any responses to this, would you mind forwarding them
to me.

Also, there are a number of articles on the Microchip site about
ISP and the "better" version of the Microchip Programmer
(i.e. what ever the next version up from the PicStart Plus is).

Thanks,
Arvid