Hi,
don't really know if this would be an recommendation per-se
but,
I've been using in cronological order:
PicStart Plus ( MPLAB-sim and the all so mighty led's on port :) for
debugging )
Microchip ICD
MPLAB Ice 2000 with PCM18XA0

And I must say it definately is progression :)

The only main thing about the ICE is that it's *not* specified to emulate
at full 18x speed ( i.e. 40Mhz externally ). If i recall correctly
it's specified upto 20Mhz. However I have used it to about 27-28 Mhz
without any issues.
The cost of the so-called processor modules are fairly pricy. But
cheaper then many other in-circuit debuggers for other processors
( HC11, 8051 etc ).

Apart from that it's very nice. The big downsides are MPLAB itself
and the slow update speed when breaking or stepping. But I *hope*
theese will be remidied when the 32-version comes out *hint*hint*.
( and yes I use an parallel port capable of communicating both ways )


/Tony

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