title: Basic example of serial communication with Windows XP/win32
body: <p>I am working with a peripheral device that needs to be communicated through serial.  I can send it commands using HyperTerminal, but now I need to write programs that will let me do it without HyperTerminal.  Can somebody point me to a website and/or show me a sample hello world program to get me started?  I have searched through many sites which give me uncompilable/ancient VC6 code.</p>