screen as a minicom alternative?

for those who still use minicom to connect to a console (serial) port on a cisco (or whatever) device: i prefer “screen”, because its so easy, and for the most things it’s all you need. screen should be already pre installed with ubuntu, with osx it’s easy to install using macports. to use it, just type: screen /dev/ttyS0 9600 Where ttyS0 is your serial device and 9600 the baudrate to close the session you have to press ctrl-a k and then y (for yes)