> 1. Wouter van Ooijen's Wisp628 programmer.

Excellent choice, but I might be biased :)

> Uses bootloader

? not that I know (and I think I would)

> Also, I think I would have to use JAL.

defintely not. programmer and compiler/assembler are separate tools that
can be mixed and combined as you please.

> Also, it doesn't sound like the programmer software for the PC
> supports Windows XP.

It does.

> 3. MPLAB ICD 2.  This sounds like it might work, but
> is a bit expensive.  Also, I'm not sure if it supports
> 18Fxxx chips or whether I need additional parts.

Costs much more than a Wisp628, but does a lot more too. IFAIK it does
support the 18F's.

Wouter van Ooijen

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