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Some communication equipment require a communications program to transfer data between the serial port on the PC and device. You can also use Windows Hyperterminal to telnet to your Linux system as well. Windows comes with a communications program called HyperTerminal which is installed with Windows by default.
If not then you can add HyperTerminal via Add/Remove Windows Components’ in the Windows 2000/XP Control Panel.
Start HyperTerminal by clicking on Start --> Programs --> Acces...