On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Lindy Mayfield wrote:

> Stupid minicom (or me).  I switched to kermit and after a set 
> carrier-watch off it worked like a charm first time.

Did you clear the modem init string in minicom before giving up on it ? 
It may try to init the modem and wait a long time on it (or wedge the 
application while doing this).

Peter
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