[ale] Silly/Easy Question (I hope)

[fzamenski at voyager.net (Frank Zamenski)]

> How do I telnet to a serial port?  In Window$, I open Hyperterm, and
> connect to "COM1" at the needed BAUD settings, and everything worked. 
> What is the trick in Linux?  I've Google'd, check the man pages for
> telnet, to no avail.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Jonathan Glass
> 

As suggested, use minicom for the Linux box (analogous to using 
Hyperterm on Windows). It's not totally clear what your intent is, but 
it sounds like you want to do a direct serial link between two 
computers. If so, I believe a null-modem adapter or cable is also 
required.

fgz


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