Andrew Greenberg <drew@UAD.COM> wrote

> Does anybody know of a commercially available in-circuit serial programmer
> for the 17C series pics besides the ProMate II?

If you don't mind a kit, check out Myke Predko's
Yap programmer: http://www.myke.com .  It
contains an RS-232 interface and a run-time
oscillator and ps on-board.

  -greg