Olin Lathrop wrote:
> > The ICD2 is designed to run with "target power" in some cases.  The EasyProg
> is not.
>   
OK.  Good enough.   I have kind of gotten in the mindset lately of 
giving every board a separate power supply. :-)

> > Because the EasyProg tries to control the Vdd line.  If your board is also
> trying to control it, something might go poof or just not work right.
>   
I don't think the board is trying to control that line.  (You as a 
piclist member probably do not have a particular interest, but if you 
put on one of your other hats -- that of  the EasyProg developer -- you 
might want to take a look at the schematic of the board.  I'm attaching 
it as an attachment, just in case).
> > Yes.  Since they are in parallel, you have to make sure nothing is in the
> ZIF socket while using the ICSP port.  
Yeah, I knew that.  Nothing was in the ZIF socket.  Note that this is 
not a big deal -- I'll just continue to use the ICD2 to program 30F 
chips.  But I'd really like to see an lower-priced alternative to the 
ICD2, and I think the EasyProg fits that bill.  I have recommended it to 
a couple of people who know that I have been working with the 30F 
family, and I pretty much assumed that everything worked as advertised 
without ever actually using it myself (on a 30F chip -- I've used it on 
other chips, of course, and it works fine.  But that is with the ZIF 
socket).

John

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