> This is standard console over serial, for which minicom will not help you as
> there isn't a way (at least not that I know of) to make it act like a dumb
> terminal. 

it's doable. I never use anything but minicom for a serial console. 
you just have to go through the configuration and turn off flow control,
then remove all the init strings that it would otherwise send when
connecting.

Carl Soderstrom
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