To those who have played with my previous update to RXTX and anyone else I have now updated what I have done to javacomm2 specs. It is now bundled as an update to pre4 of rxtx. basically there are about 8 files you need to update to rxtxpre4 before running ./configure. This version is much cleaner than my last attempt, thanks to the availability of the minicom source code (don't you just love linux!) and implements most events, hardware flow control (tested with a fussy modem). Anyone interested can email me. I am also trying to contact the keepers of the rxtx page. Cheers Dave Atkinson