how to build a VEX programming module

[bblack7489]

After spending a good deal of time playing with the VEX kit and the people from Radio Shack over the past week, I'd like to try to build a cable to program the VEX microcontroller.

The board is basically the same as the IFI board that used to be dubbed "Isac" from what I hear. I'm not familiar with the IFI boards, but there's software out there to program them. From what I hear, that software can be used to program the VEX board. All you really need is the right pinout for the connector (and possibly a telephone chord with all 6 wires in it).

With a brief time using a DMM, I've found that the red telephone wire goes to the Vss pins of th the PIC chips. Other than that, there were no obvious (not run through a capacitor or resistor) connections to the pins of the PIC chip.

I'm sure that there's interest out there in producing this cable, so if anyone out there has any thoughts that would help, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks guys.

~Ben