The "official" PICKIT3 from MC never worked for me. I have an ICD3 that=20
works fine, but I need a backup.
I decided to buy a pickit3 clone from SURE ELECTRONICS in China, on EBAY.

I only paid $29 USD, and it arrived in 6 days, shipped to my PO box. On=20
my windoze XP Dell Optiplex, the unit runs flawlessly under MPLAB 8.92.=20
Comes with minimum cabling, and looks identical to the original except=20
that the case is black.

Lookin' to help folks save money, I am

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