Finally got the MPLAB Version 6.43 firmware and tested LPLAB
under Windows with a PIC18F819.

LPLAB:
http://www.landamore.com/pic.html
Command line tools to support ICD1, ICD2, Promate II and others,
under Linux and Windows

Test environment:
Windows XP SP1, MPLAB-ICD2 connected to serial port COM1
1) lplab-dasm: disassembly works

2) lplab-dbg: ICD2 debugging not supported by LPLAB now

3) lplab-maintain: works, downgrade the firmware to Version 6.43 
(icd01020411.hex)

4) lplab-showid: works, reads out the configuration bits and ID codes.

5) lplab-prog: partially working, programs the chip but can not read out
-e erase: working
-v: working
-b: working
-w: working
-r: not working, program stops there for quite long time.

Seems not support EEPROM reading and writing.
Needs more detailed testing with other chips (16F628A/648A 
may be better supported).

6) lplab-chk: hex file checking utility, not working
"don't know how to calculate checksum for PIC16F819".

Xiaofan
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