Been away from PIC a long time

[ardhuru]

Sure, the Epic can happily handle12F675, I've used tons of those with my Epic.

[HenrikOlsson]

If you're in a hurry then get on Digikey or Mouser and buy a genuine PICKit3. The ZIF adapters are nice but not really needed, the chip can be programmed in circuit if you aren't TOO careless with what circuitry you put on the programming pins.

If you plan to use MicroCodeStudio then the PICKit3 integrates nicely with it for a one click compile and program operation. The latest programming software for the PICKit3 (Microchip IPE) supports all PICs and I rescently wrote this post on how to get it going from within MicroCodeStudio but you can equally well use it "stand alone".

/Henrik.