I guess this is kind of a backwards question. Can the platform cable (I have 3 versions, the white parallel port, the black USB version and the red USB version, all genuine Xilinx) be used on things like the GAL series? Do other manufacturers (I am mostly interested in small CPLD devices) support JTAG'ing by use of the Xilinx platform device? It seems the platform device is failure prone and among the Xilinx ISE software there are problems even recognizing the platform device between old and new versions of Windows. Should I ditch the Xilinx platform devices and find something more generic/recommended? Thanks all!!! Cheers mates!!!