I got a Pickit2 clones, because it came with a 3 ZIF sockets PCB for the same prize. It works great so far, but I have 2 problems.
1- 12F629 can't be programmed neither read. If you try to, it works some times, and most of them just writes and reads incorrect data... this hurts to me, as I have to use my old Willem parallel port programmer for this....
2- MPLAB 8.00 does not recognize my pickit. It just shows gray in the menus. From outside, my pickit seems like the original one, and I flashed it with latest firmware from Microchip...
so be careful. Maybe someone know why these things occur??
I'll be so pleased