Minicom and windows

[Scott Prive]

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> From: Derek D. Martin [mailto:ddm at pizzashack.org]
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:11 PM
> To: BLU Users' Group
> Subject: Re: Minicom and windows
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> At some point hitherto, Abhishake Pathak hath spake thusly:
> > I know that under linux you would use a program called
> > minicom with a null modem setup.  I know there is a
> > similar program under windows.  would someone be kind
> > enough and tell me the name of the program?  thank
> > you.
> 
> Windows comes with Hyperterm, but most people who've used it can tell
> you it isn't worth a...
> 
> On the rare occasion when I find myself stuck on a Windows box and
> need a terminal program, I use TeraTerm.  It does telnet and serial
> comm, and also has an SSH plugin.  I wouldn't be caught using Windows
> without it...
> 
>   http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm
> 
> OTOH, these days I wouldn't be caught using Windows...

Oh, I like TerraTerm. But it's not bundled with Windows therefore if you hop from machine to machine, Hyperterm becomes more valuable than say if you worked at the same PC all the time.

Unfortunately Putty and TT's Telnet module do not play nice with some serial-port servers -- especially displaying BIOS where the quirks might be motherboard-specific. I'm not aware of any serial port servers that do ssh, but if there were there would likely be the ANSI-code rendering problems that the BIOS creates...

And, trust me... you'd be caught using Windows if your employer used Exchange Server. 

-Scott






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