[Midlands] Connecting to device via Serial port

[John Reilly]

Dermot Beirne wrote:

> In windows, I'd be able to use Hyperterminal or the like, set the port 
> speed, parity, etc to match the device connected to it, and get a 
> prompt, and off I go.
>  
> I want to be able to use LInux for this purpose.  Ideally I want to do 
> it from the command line, rather than via an X based application 
> (although any suggestions for those would be helpful).

You can use minicom for this.