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   How do I send and receive ascii on a USB serial    
   port?   
      
   It's to and from a Drake R8B shortwave receiver,    
   and just to set the time of day etc, twice a year.   
      
   It would be nice if it just appeared as a device    
   like an external HD that I can write to and read    
   from.   
      
   I'm using Cygwin under XP, so if it has a device    
   name presumably I can just send text to it and    
   read text from it, but I have no idea how it comes    
   up.   
      
   Maybe I need what's referred to as a terminal    
   program, but I don't know what that means.   
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