communication with serial port

hello to all,

i am new in this forum... so forgive me if this subject has been posted before!
(is there an archive of old posts on the beginners list? i cant see it at http://www.lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-browse)

anyways: 
is there any good tutorials/examples on how to communicate with the serial port? for beginners of squeak?

i am building a physical computer interface and display which i would like to control the functionality of with squeak. the physical controller is the arduino board (www.arduino.cc) linked to the computer via USB (since my laptop has no serial plug i use a serial->USB converter). the serial monitor in the arduino environment works perfectly fine (i get lots of input), so i guess the USB signal is treated like a serial signal via the arduino USB/serial software/drivers.

i hope you can help, i am a bit lost here... most posts i find are very tech-heavy. i dont know too much of serial communication lingo.

best,

jacob remin

 
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