Console programs in Linux

Alan Dayley wrote:

> tickticker wrote:
>
>> And I do now know about minicom, thank you.
>>
>> anthony
>
>
> OK, I'm confused.
>
> The first progam I thought of that works really well for what you
> describe is minicom. But here you imply that minicom is not a
> acceptable solution. I don't think I understand your requirements
> correctly. Why is minicom un-acceptable? Or, are you just looking for
> additional alternatives to minicom?

I think the issue was that when he sent the initial post, he didn't know about
minicom. Since then he found it and now knows how to access the serial port to
do his work.