From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 3 12:55:06 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id MAA20653 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 3 Feb 1995 12:55:06 -0800 Received: from desiree.teleport.com (desiree.teleport.com [192.108.254.11]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA20647 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 1995 12:55:05 -0800 From: bmk@dtr.com Received: (from uucp@localhost) by desiree.teleport.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id MAA10223; Fri, 3 Feb 1995 12:54:54 -0800 Received: (from bmk@localhost) by dtr.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA17239; Fri, 3 Feb 1995 12:34:09 -0800 Message-Id: <199502032034.MAA17239@dtr.com> Subject: Re: Terminal Programs To: troyc@trask.merix.com (Troy Curtiss) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 12:34:08 -0800 (PST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Troy Curtiss" at Feb 3, 95 11:37:27 am Reply-To: bmk@dtr.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 879 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I would like to ask the general FreeBSD public > the following question: > What is your terminal program preference???? > (if you answer seyon, kermit, or cu I don't > need to hear.) Minicom. It's a lot like Procomm Plus. > I need to find a decent (text or X-based) terminal > program (similar to procomm or hyperaccess in dos) that > even the most non-computer literate technician can > figure out. Also, is there a zmodem receive/send package > that tells progress rather than just sitting there? Lastly, > I've heard that pcomm is a procomm clone, but I know of > NOONE that can compile it on anything but linux. I am running > freebsd 1.1.5.1 for stability reasons. I've had no problems compiling Minicom under 1.1.5.1 or 2.x. If you'd like I can mail you the uuencoded source. The version I have is set up for 2.0. There may be some makefile tweaks to do.