Totally agree with Bob. The tiny flimsy cabe caused quite some problem
for us. I also have to mark the connection in order not to make wrong
connection.

For debugging, it is so-so, can be used but not great. For ICSP 
programming,it is not so bad.

Xiaofan

>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:15:48 -0700
>From: Bob Axtell <engineer@cotse.net>
>
>Seems to be OK, but not as useful as I'd hoped. While the RJ12 connector 
>is handy, having only one tiny, flimsy wire to make a GND connection 
>has turned out to be a problem. MUCH more reliable if
>you take the shoeshine-wax case apart, locate GND, and connect an 
>external GND clip of #22 hi-flex wire
>to your prototype PCB.
>
>Also the published connections for the ICD2 RJ12 are incomprehensable. 
>To clearly understand it, you will need to locate which wire is GND
>and work out in both directions from there. Otherwise, you will
>reverse the connections the first time. 

>I wouldn't bother; I'd get a KitsRUs K128; it costs the same price.
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