I have read lots of old posts about my question,
and I would like to ask it again in April 2008 ...

If I want to use Microchip PIC 18F452, what is the best programmer to use ?

Ok ... tell me 2 of them : one, free, and another not free ...

The ones I have found are :

(*) free :

>>> http://home.vrweb.de/~lotharstolz/st...vpc/index.html
Seems I can't make it work because my serial port only delivers 10 volts ...

(*) not free : PIC-PG2C, 19 €.

>>> http://www.olimex.com/dev/pic-pg2c.html