Depending what you want to do with hyperterm. If you only want to test serial communication may i suggest you the easy to use MicroCode Studio serial windows.

There you go to download it
http://www.rentron.com/mcstudio/mcstudio.exe

have a look on Bruce's website to see what this software give you.

http://www.rentron.com/PicBasic/prod...ode_Studio.htm

or Mecanique web site
http://www.mecanique.co.uk/code-studio/index.html

PIC side you'll a little circuit like this (forget about MCLR connection)

http://www.mecanique.co.uk/code-stud...wareSetup.html