On Sun, December 18, 2011 9:25 am, mcd@is-sixsigma.com wrote:
> Peter Onion said:
>
>> the ICD2 support present in earlier betas was removed
>
> Not only that, but the release notes indicate that ICD2 will not be
> supported in the future.  Certainly discouraging.
>
> I haven't been following all that closely, although I did tinker with
> betas 6 and 7.  Was there any indication as to why?

The ICD2 is an old design, there are hardware limitations that make the
ICD2 a lot less flexible than newer programmers, particularly in relation
to VPP (programming voltage), that make it difficult to make it work
consistently with newer parts.

Matt Bennett
Just outside of Austin, TX
30.51,-97.91

The views I express are my own, not that of my employer, a large
multinational corporation that you are familiar with.
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