>Hello all
>A newbie here.
>Im just wondering how to output an ascii character to my serial port (com2)
>using qbasic (eg 'a')
>This is for testing the serial comm code in my pic84
>Thanks
>Justin

You can use the Terminal program (WIN3.1) or the HyperTerminal (Win95)
or any other terminal program to transmit and receive via the serial
port without having to do any coding.