Actually VirtualBox does have USB support now.

-Pete

On Dec 26, 2008, at 5:00 AM, Alden Hart wrote:

> I have been running MPLAB in VMWare on the mac (OSX) for over a year
> now. The USB works fine.
>
> One note: You have to be aware of your USB devices and sometimes
> manually connect the Microchip USB device via the VMWare interface,
> especially if you have a laptop that you plug and unplug as you move
> around. I have only run 2 versions of the Olimex ICD2 knockoff and  
> can't
> comment on PIKkit, Real ICE, or other devices.
>
> Alden
>
>
> Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>>> I myself do not use VM. But people have good
>>> experience with VMware and it is said that
>>> PICkit 2, ICD 2 and Real ICE all work well.
>>>
>>
>> In class we use VMware with my pcikit2-clone-board. Works OK.
>> Occasionally a USB port is connected to the wrong machine (host  
>> instead
>> of the simulated one), plugging into a different USB outlet solves  
>> this
>> (re-plugging into the same often does not).
>>
>> AFAIK VMware is the only virtualiser that handles USB.
>>
>>
>
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