"S. Massy" writes: >Hey, you've forgotten linux! :) You could easily use a linux box with minicom >to access the target machine... You are so right. I should have said that you need some kind of serial access device that behaves to the remote end of the connection like a vt100 terminal. I have never even seen a Braille and Speak, but I understand that they can emulate a vt100 terminal. If so, you might even use one of those which has some neat possibilities for a portable solution if you need to physically go to a rack, somewhere, and rescue a system that has gotten in trouble and can't come up on the network any more. Your idea of Linux and minicom is perfectly good so long as the Linux system has its own screen reader. Martin