Well, the reason I mentioned the Bootloader doing the setup for the serial port registers was that when I start up HyperTerminal, it comes up at 9600/8/N/1, Xon/Xoff. I know the HSerIn/Out defaults are 2400, but that would mean that you'd have to change the HyperTerminal settings. The original poster never mentioned anything about baud rate or anything on either side, so I'm just guessing...
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