[CS-FSLUG] hyperterm replacement?

[Ritchie, Josiah S.]

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> From: Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz [mailto:Christiansource-
> bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Wade A Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 8:03 AM
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> Subject: [CS-FSLUG] hyperterm replacement?
> 
> What is the Linux replacement to MonkeySoft's Hyperterm?
> I have two serial ports I need to use to talk to two serial
interfaces.
> All communication for this project are ASCII, but I also have some
> projects that take binary (and MSHyperTerm is totally useless for
THAT).
> 
> Many moons ago I used to use xterm and somehow I connected it to the
> serial port.  Unfortunately, I've slept since then and I've forgotten
how
> to do that... whatever is was I'm talking about...now... what was I
> doing?
> 
> A waist is a terrible thing to mind.  Or is that, "a mind is a
terrible
> thing to waist"?

Minicom is probably the program you want. It also requires another
program to add file transfer, but I forget the name. That should get you
in the right direction.

JSR/