At 11:45 PM 1/18/97 EST, you wrote: >James, > >What are the features in Maxterm that makes it well suited for talking to >microcontrollers? > Myke, The features that I like are control of the DTR & RTS lines, download pacing with the pace character settable from the interface, scroll back buffer, intergrated editor ( you can make quick changes to code and download it without changing programs ), the baud rate is settable from the interface, there is also a character redefinition mode that gives you a hex display and an ascii display of your information at the same time ( very handy for memory dumps ), it's small, quick, easy to use and runs great in a DOS window in Win 3.11 or Win95. And maybe the nicest feature is that it's free. I hope that answered all your questions. James