Minicom is a serial communication program. It is a un*x clone of the well-known MS-DOS Telix program. It has ANSI color, dialing directory, dial-a-list, script language, file up/download support, screen capture, scroll-back, etc. The author is Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl -or- miquels@drinkel.ow.org). Note, minicom is covered by the GNU GPL.