Quote Originally Posted by xnihilo View Post
Why don't you use Dontronics/OLIMEX PIC-PG2. I use it with my laptop and serial connection with success (with WINPIC). I programmed 16F684, 16F690, 18F2525, 18F452.
He said that his laptop does not have a serial port. And unless you can confirm otherwise, those JMD based programmers do not work with USB-serial converters.