I believe uChip will be bringing out the ICE4000 soon, which is USB
connected. I could be wrong about this, but I seem to recall reading
something about it in one of the MPLAB 6.10 release notes. You might try
calling your local field office to see what they reccommend.

Josh
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Mike Harrison wrote:
> Looks like I;m going to have to upgrade from Picvamster to MPLAB-ICE soon, but as the parallel port
> is getting a little old, I was wondering if anyone has heard of plans for a new ICE from Microchip
> with USB ?

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