Reasonable Hyperterminal alternative?

Nathan Kinkade nkinkade at ub.edu.bz
Mon Dec 13 10:38:24 PST 2004


On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 12:05:23PM -0600, Mike Oliveri wrote:
> > > Greetings all,
> > >
> > > I'm seeking a reasonable alternative to WinXP/2000 Hyperterminal as a
> > > console application (for serial port access to a no-graphics card box).
> > >
> > 
> > Are you looking for something to run under BSD? If so, minicom is great.
> > /usr/ports/comms/minicom/
> > ___
> > Dan
>
> I just went throught he same, myself. I like minicom, and I also found
> CuteCom (http://cutecom.sourceforge.net/) a nice one with a GUI. This
> one doesn't dial, however. Just console connections.
> 
> Take care,
> Mike

Depending on how you define "reasonable", you can always use the stock
utilities that come with a base install of FreeBSD: tip(1) or cu(1).  It
is the same binary hardlinked by those two filenames.  Certainly they
are not as easy to use as minicom, and are probably not as feature rich,
but should work nonetheless and wouldn't require to install another
program if you are keen on keeping the system as close to the base
as possible.

Nathan
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