Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 16:31:42 -0500 From: J Ramos <JRAMOS2@nc.rr.com> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minicom alternatives Message-ID: <3AF31FBD.39FE184C@nc.rr.com> References: <3AF078D0.ADA3F795@nc.rr.com> <x7oft9f8ld.fsf@yertle.kciLink.com> <20010504152548.A19951@cec.wustl.edu>
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Thanks for the suggestions, all. I ended up going with minicom, "living dangerously." I've used it before, it works well. Now if I can just get NetBSD on this darn Sparc that I can now get a serial console on. :-) Josh Andrew Hesford wrote: > > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 11:16:14AM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote: > > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > > that has been posted to ml.freebsd.questions as well. > > > > >>>>> "JR" == J Ramos <J> writes: > > > > JR> I understand that minicom 1.83.1_2 is not avaiable from ports. Anyone > > JR> have a better alternative? Minicom is the only program I've used to > > JR> access a serial port, and I'm sort of lost now. Please feel free to make > > JR> suggestions. > > > > My personal preference is Kermit, also from the ports. > > I second the nomination of "kermit". I use this program to transfer data > to my HP48GX calculator, and to controll my headless/diskless firewall. > > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- - Josh Ramos, JRAMOS2@nc.rr.com - FreeBSD, Debian/GNU Linux, the vi editor - Coming soon - NetBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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