is it posible to have a pc act as a serial terminal

[ewan.paton]

ive been looking about for a new toy and on ebay theres a few alphas etc which look nice but are configured to run headless with an output to a serial terminal, i was wondering if i could hook up a pc to the serial port and take the input then manipulate it as you would any other console or they need special conectors
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[ewan.paton]

looks like i should have searched a bit harder minicom looks like all i need
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