Michael Havens said:
>
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> On Wednesday 16 June 2004 23:43, Michael Havens wrote:
>> Minicom is being a pain to download. Does anyone know of any others.
>
> wait, that was wrong. it isn't a serial connector. serial is the
> printer.   what are those nine-pin connectors called?

No, you just think you were wrong.  The nine-pin connectors are serial. 
And, although serial printers are possible, most printers, before USB,
used the parallel connection.  The parallel port would be the 25-pin,
female connector, if you computer has one.  Serial ports are almost always
9-pin, male but can be 25-pin, male on the PC.

You need minicom to talk serial through the 9-pin connector.  Go with
minicom.  It works well and I have only had failure or problems with the
other serial communication programs available for Linux.  Minicom works
well and is very flexible, even if the interface feels a bit old.

Alan



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