Hi David,
> I know this is a little off-topic, but perhaps it's of interest to
> others in this thread - what do you use for serial terminals, since you
> mentioned them? I've only used minicom so far. It works, but it's like
> a step back to the DOS days compared to Tera Term Pro on windows.
I've had a nice experience with uCon, its a nice replacement for
HyperTerminal. It provides basic services typically used during embedded
system development... TFTP client/server, DHCP server, serial command
scripting, and even a terminal server that allows you to access the PC's
serial port remotely via telnet. Unfortunately, like HyperTerminal, it
only runs on Windows.
Check it out here: http://www.umonfw.com/ucon/index.html