Mike, If you're going to toss it, give it to me. I need the PicMaster emulator for some legacy stuff. I'll pay shipping. Let me know. Thanks and Regards, Jim > I had 2 ICD1s. > I also have a PicMaster Emulator that is now obsolete, > about $4K with all its pods. But that was a long time ago before all > the new fancy 16 and 18 flash parts. > They can't haul along old stuff for ever. > I don't even want to develop with the old parts anymore. > > Yes,I wish that that stuff was still usefull, but I am going to toss > it. I at least made some money while it was supported, thats more > than I can say about my Parallax and Sx stuff ! > > It all about getting old! > Where are you going to find a ISA slot or Serial port on new computer? > We got to move on. > > Mike > Crestline, CA. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Rolf" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:01 AM > Subject: Re: [PIC] MPLAB > > >> Michael Hagen wrote: >> ... >>> You ask Why one would like MPLAB? >>> I like MPLAB because it runs all their hardware from one IDE. >> >> NO it DOESN'T! >> They obsoleted the ICD1 for no apparent reason. ICSP is ICSP. >> Breakpoint is a breakpoint. >> They dynamically change the firmware in the ICD2 when chosen chip >> family or mode (debug/program) is changed, so there is no reason why >> they couldn't do the same thing for the ICD1 if they really needed to. >> >> How many thousands of ICD1's were obsoleted when MPLAB 6 came out? >> >>> My code hardly ever runs untill I do simple debug with their >>> simulator. >> >> Unfortunately their simulator does NOT emulate serial ports which is a >> real PITA when developing interrupt driven serial interfaces. >> (SPI/UART/I2C). >> >> Robert >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist