Advance Transdata certainly made the Microchip ICD, I have an earlyish =
one
and it has the Transdata name silkscreened onto the board.  I don't =
know of
anyone that has used the parallel version, but if it's faster than the
Microchip one, it's got to worth having!

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: D Lloyd [SMTP:dan.lloyd@GB.ABB.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 1:51 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      [PIC]: UK Supplier for ICD?
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> Hi,
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> Thanks for the information (that is to everyone!)....
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> I just had a conversation with a distributor who sell an alternative =
to
> the
> ICD, made by the company (according to what I was told) Transdata who
> actually designed the serial version of the ICD for MCHIP .
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> The company, Transdata, went on to offer what appears to be a
> parallel-port
> version of the ICD allowing much faster programming/debug times than =
for
> the serial device. It interfaces with MPLAB and has its own Windows =
front
> end which, on first impression, looks more professional than =
MPLAB.....and
> supports most C compilers etc. It is a little more expensive @ =
~=A3130+VAT.
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> Does anyone any experience with this product? Do you think it is =
better
> value?
> Any compatibilty problems? I have been using an serial ICD but no =
longer
> have access to it. With short timescales, I'd prefer to almost pick =
up
> where I left off rather than have a learning exercise for a new
> "environment"....but I do like the idea of it being faster.
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> Transdata hardly look like a dodgy outfit as they produce emulators =
for
> Mitsubishi M16/RICE etc
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> Regards,
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> Dan
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> PS Transdata [http://www.adv-transdata.com]
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> Dan,
> if you are a business client then you should be able to get an ICD =
kit off
> Unique (formerly Ambar)
> in Aylesbury who are one of Microchip's distributors: 01296 397 396
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> Regards,
> Simon
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