>To the contrary. The ICD2 clone builders don't need the interface
>at all, the only need the bootloader interface, which seems to be
>well known. They ship the clone with the bootloader, and MPLAB
>downloads the real debugger firmware. You of all people will
>appreciate this scheme :) Having the ICD2 debugger interface
>available would enable alternate PC software (Linux or otherwise),
>which can only increase the demand for ICD2s (original or clone).

I would have thought some enterprising type would have passed the download
code through a disassembler by now and worked all this out, after all the
destination chip is a well known one ;)))

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