diff --git a/serial/.classpath b/serial/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fc4223ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serial/.classpath
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="library/RXTXcomm.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/core"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/serial/.project b/serial/.project
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index 000000000..415f62214
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+++ b/serial/.project
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>serial</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/serial/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/serial/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
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index 000000000..37b56c8df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serial/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#Mon Jul 17 22:53:19 EDT 2006
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.3
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=ignore
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=ignore
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.3