<s>
Minicom	B-Language
is	O
a	O
text-based	B-Application
modem	B-Application
control	O
and	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
program	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Miquel	O
van	O
Smoorenburg	O
,	O
and	O
modeled	O
somewhat	O
after	O
the	O
popular	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
program	O
Telix	B-Protocol
but	O
is	O
open	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minicom	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
dialing	O
directory	O
,	O
ANSI	O
and	O
VT100	B-Device
emulation	B-Application
,	O
an	O
(	O
external	O
)	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minicom	B-Language
is	O
a	O
menu-driven	O
communications	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
an	O
auto	O
ZMODEM	B-Device
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
now	O
comes	O
packaged	O
in	O
most	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
repositories	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
use	O
for	O
Minicom	B-Language
is	O
when	O
setting	O
up	O
a	O
remote	O
serial	B-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
perhaps	O
as	O
a	O
last	O
resort	O
to	O
access	O
a	O
computer	O
if	O
the	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
is	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
using	O
nothing	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
386	B-General_Concept
laptop	O
with	O
a	O
Minicom	B-Language
floppy	B-Operating_System
distribution	I-Operating_System
such	O
as	O
Pitux	O
or	O
Serial	O
Terminal	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minicom	B-Language
is	O
useful	O
to	O
create	O
console	O
for	O
devices	O
having	O
no	O
display	O
such	O
as	O
switches	O
,	O
routers	O
or	O
server	O
blade	O
enclosure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minicom	B-Language
has	O
some	O
beneficial	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
all	O
terminal	O
based	O
serial	O
communication	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
adding	O
operating	O
system	O
timestamp	O
to	O
serial	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
