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> > Can I make a link between /dev/photopc and /dev/ttyS0 instead?
> > You can do that for /dev/mouse.
> 
> In this case no because they are not the same. You can check out
> slackware devs.tgz like below:
> 
> zcat devs.tgz | tar -vt
> 
> and fine out what the major and minor numbers are. Then use makenode to
> create the device file in dev/.

It is spelled mknode.

Thanks for this information but it was not needed here.

I was able to make a link from /dev/photopc to /dev/fd0 and it worked to
retrieve digital photos (via Com1).  I would be very surprised if there
were major and minor numbers posted for a camera cable that plugs into
Com1.