Now that I'm working professionally on clusters and other "big" computer hardware is the ability to connect to console ports via my PowerBook.

The Keyspan high-speed USB adapter will suit my needs, but I had to get Minicom compiled for Mac OS X 10.4. Binaries were available via Fink -- but that is huge overkill for me if all I want is Minicom (which is, itself, a mini code)!