-NC
PGC
PGD
GND
VCC
VPP


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Which of all those pins are you referring to? Could you be a bit more specific?

 

its a plug and each pin is labeled. what do I use these pins for? alternative power source

 

says its a ICSP connect. is this for testing the PIC while still on the programmer?

 

Hello,

Take a look at this german page:
http://www.sprut.de/electronic/pic/icsp/icsp.htm

For your convenience I have translated it withh google:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http://www.sprut.de/electronic/pic/icsp/icsp.htm&act=url

Bertus