I have to write a program to get some data out of an older installation.
That installation has a serial printer output.  All the data that I require
is send to that serial printer.  Now I was thinking to connect this output
to the com port of my PC.  Is it possible in VB to read this HEX code from
the serial port and convert it into readable text?  Can anyone advise me on
a good book concerning this subject?

                                Thanks for your answers
                                        Reekmans Jos