USB to Serial on Windows-8

[Ángel Martin]

With my XP machine finally gone for good to see the wizard I'm fighting the Win-8 absurdity at the moment. The biggest problem I have it with the USB to serial port adaptor; it appers that some/all Prolific chips are not supported. Tried all the suitable drivers available at their web site to no avail, so I'm about to throw the towel and move to a FTDI choice.

http://prolificusa.com/pl-2303hx-drivers/

Does anyone know if the FTDI unit will be compatible with the PIC programmer used for the Clonix/NoVORAM?? Needless to say that and the CL serial link are amongst my most important applications and I need them to work!

Thanks,
ÁM