On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, David Wilson wrote:
On Mar 7, 2:17 pm, Jonno Downes <jonno...@gmail.com> wrote:I think those instructions are for doing the inverse of what the op was trying to do. on the *nix side, you'll need to run a comms program like minicom.
That's exactly right... as usual, I want to do the *opposite* of what any sensible person would do ;-)
That was what I thought as well. Before installing a comms program, see if your *nix system has tip or cu already installed. They can be used as a simple terminal - I use them at work to connect from one system to the serial console of another.
Thanks, I'll check into those... ] SIMON D WILLIAMS