> 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 -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700