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Choose "Serial Port and 4.7k" from the Tools -> Programmer menu, and select the Serial Port from the Tools -> Port menu.

Note that this does not give you serial monitor - you need to connect a serial adapter the normal way for that (I suggest using two, along with an external serial terminal application (since you don't have autoreset to restart the sketch when open the serial port - you connect before (or during) the upload). This technique works with those ~$1 CH340 serial adapters from ebay, aliexpress, etc. Did you accidentally buy some that didn't have a DTR pin broken out, and so weren't very useful with the Pro Minis you hoped to use them with?
Note that this does not give you serial monitor - you need to connect a serial adapter the normal way for that (I suggest using two, along with an external serial terminal application (since you don't have autoreset to restart the sketch when open the serial port - you connect before (or during) the upload). This technique works with those $1 CH340 serial adapters from ebay, aliexpress, etc. Did you accidentally buy some that didn't have a DTR pin broken out, and so weren't very useful with the Pro Minis you hoped to use them with?

### Serial adapter requuirements
Almost any cheaper-than-dirt serial adapter can be use d for pyupdi style programer, as long as you take care to avoid these pitfalls:
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