I'm relatively new to PB, but I was wondering what's the easiest way to communicate between a PIC and a PC? Serial? RS232? I guess what I really need to know is:

1. what cable do I need
2. what software can I use to interface the PIC
3. what additional software configuration I need to do

My main goal is to be able to get the PIC to output data that is stored on a 32kbyte eeprom, which was written by the PIC initially.

Thanks for any advice!
Dave