You don't want to not 1 thing works good with vista but mplab and hyperterminal on vista will not work oh I for got ever time you get a update something stops working like my 1 year old printer use xp pro and you'll be good to go
Thanks for all your kind help. I bought a USB to DB9 cable, and I downloaded a driver for vista from the seller. I am now building the hardware interface and writing the program, I will report my progress later.