Minicom is a serial communication program.  It is a un*x clone of the
well-known MS-DOS Telix program.  It has ANSI color, dialing directory,
dial-a-list, script language, file up/download support, screen capture,
scroll-back, etc.

The author is Miquel van Smoorenburg (miquels@cistron.nl -or-
miquels@drinkel.ow.org).  Note, minicom is covered by the GNU GPL.