Hi!
> When I run minicom, it displays a version message and places the cursor
> in the middle of the screen. When I type anything nothing happens,
> however the ^A commands work so the program hasn't crashed.
Read the minicom man page o find out about the dialing facility minicom
has and the modem's manual to find our about at commands.
> Could someone tell me how minicom is supposed to behave (i have read the
> man page it doesn't specify) and what may becausing mine to behave this
> way?
^A D for minicom's autodial. Else atdp1234567 at the prompt where
1234567 is the number you want to dial.
Raider
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