Minicom doesn't pick up serial communication

long time lurker, first time being op. i've searched high , low answer, , i'm resorting gracious community can offer.

i have grand plans in mind, being new arduino, i'm attempting baby steps. want arduino communicate via rx/tx lines own personal software project. first step, wanted see if arduino send data minicom, solid known cmd line program serial communication. first step has failed, , don't know why.

here running on arduino, put there 018 ide running on osx.

#include <newsoftserial.h>

newsoftserial myserial(2, 3);

void setup()  
{

 serial.begin(4800);
 myserial.begin(4800);
}

void loop()
{
 serial.println("hello, world!");
    myserial.println("hello, world?");
    delay(500);
}


here know:
the usb cable connected, , arduino serial monitor picks traffic on usb cable.
i wired rx <--> tx , vice-versa
the baud rates matched on sending , receiving.
minicom in state of "offline", has dcd line?
the tx led on arduino fires repeatedly proper delay.

my knowledge of serial communication , minicom close nil. it's settings problem, can't life of me figure out, or find else has explained it.

any out there?

i use minicom boards , haven't had problem.
i placed mincom usage hints in datasheets.
go http://wiblocks.luciani.org/zb1/zb1-index.html
and click on datasheet link , go minicom
section.

hth.

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