picprog-1.8.1 works fine on AMD64 for me - here's the session transcript: andrei@bender ~ $ picprog --output ofile.hex --pic /dev/ttyS0 Picprog version 1.8.1, Copyright �� 2006 Jaakko Hyv��tti <Jaakko.Hyvatti@iki.fi> Picprog comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `picprog --warranty'. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `picprog --copying' for details. CPU clock speed: 2010 MHz /dev/ttyS0: id 0x0560: detected pic16f84a version 0x00 Device pic16f84a, program memory: 1024, data memory: 64. Reading program memory, reading data memory, reading id words, reading fuses, done.
Fixed in CVS, thanks