Well I tried using the recommended software and I still couldnt get it to work. It said to make and use a dos batch file but when I did that and ran it it did not ask to apply voltage like the insturctions said it just basically did nothing.
Maybe I shouldnt have added the power supply to this. I might cut those traces and wire up a resistor and zener like in the original schematic. Also, I noticed the original par-pic does not supply +5V to the Vdd, just the 13V MCLR. Do you need both Vdd and MCLR when programming? Or do you just need the 13V MCLR?