> ICD2 may be for those who want to work with dsPICs but the
> problem is that it does not support right now.


ICD2 does not support dsPIC? How can it not support dsPIC? Are you
reffering to the not-so-functional clones?


> And so a newbie will have to plunk down $50 just to get started?
> And for this you get 1 part (16F690), a pot, some LEDs and
> a programmer? Seems pricey to me to pay for convenience.

I guess that that's up to the user, isn't it? You could just as well
ask why they are even trying to get PICkit 2 to work under linux. Why
not bang-up a simple linux program so you can hook up the PIC directly
to either the Parallel or Serial port and load the firmware from
there? It's cheaper...

Sean

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