Hi Ron

Have a look at the Help pages in your copy of Microcode Studio Plus, it will tell you everything you need to know to get started using the In Circuit Debugger (ICD).

I do not have a PICSTART board so I am unable to say if it is easily connected to MCSP ICD. Maybe others who have used both MCSP and MPLAB as an ICD can say which is easier to get started, at a guess I would say Microcode Studio Plus,
whichever method you choose I would say that it is very much worth the effort.

Duncan