Thanks - I was able to run p3dpython with your instructions. No idea how it works, though - does it communicate with the plugin via sockets? How is the XML stuff piped to p3dpython?
After a lot of hacking I was also able to get pfreeze, packp3d and runp3d working. Really neat stuff =)
I recently installed WinXP on VirtualBox (Panda works with 3D acceleration on it) so Iām sorely tempted to try building the plugin. 