> I have heard that the ICD3 has some of the same circuitry
> as the RealICE and also has the same reliability, but I haven't tried one
> myself.  I don't see the point since it's only a subset of the RealICE.
>
> (What a stupid name.  The RealICE is not a real ICE.  It's a in circuit
> debugger, but one that actually works.)
>

I've been developing with an ICD2 for years and have made peace with the
unit.  The newly released ICD3 seems like the logical upgrade path, but your
talk about the RealICE makes me wonder if I might benefit from that.
Ironically, because I learned early on that I had little or no use for a
true ICE, I simply ignored the existence of anything labeled "ICE".  Maybe
you can cite an example or two of some problem solving you did using a
feature that the ICD2/3 lacks.

Though I might be inclined to buy the "biggest box they sell", my experience
with obtaining a PM3 showed me that isn't always the case.
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