At 16:49 14/10/2002 +0100, Mike Ricketts wrote:
>On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Alan Womack wrote:
>
>> What I'd like is a console app that would pick up any gibberesh the
>> mouse would generate while I scroll it 's test wheel.
>> 
>minicom, maybe?
>Or possibly a simple cat /dev/ttyS0 might work?
>

I have a modem type device that when i echo a specific set of characters
to it dumps the buffer back at me. To test the setup is correct i do:

   echo XXXX > /dev/ttyS0;cat < /dev/ttyS0

So this type of thing may work:

   cat < /dev/ttyS0

--
Carl

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