From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 13 18:38:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CCF116A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:38:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7328C43D1D for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:38:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nkinkade@fastmail.fm) Received: from frontend3.messagingengine.com (frontend3.internal [10.202.2.152]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 655A4C41299; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:38:22 -0500 (EST) X-Sasl-enc: H49RmnUPm/t0rShd/+EXYw 1102963100 Received: from gentoo-npk.bmp.ub (unknown [206.27.244.136]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3892E247F3; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:38:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from nkinkade by gentoo-npk.bmp.ub with local (Exim 4.21) id 1Cdv5E-000213-RC; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:38:08 -0600 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:38:08 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade To: Mike Oliveri Message-ID: <20041213183808.GL3650@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> Mail-Followup-To: Mike Oliveri , Dan Kilbourne , FreeBSD Questions , "Colin J. Raven" References: <20041213134843.GB30241@netophilia.net> <1e58dbf60412131005294ed94a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wJeYCwfJgfFvSPOo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1e58dbf60412131005294ed94a@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: cc: "Colin J. Raven" cc: FreeBSD Questions cc: Dan Kilbourne Subject: Re: Reasonable Hyperterminal alternative? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nathan Kinkade List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:38:24 -0000 --wJeYCwfJgfFvSPOo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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= ). > > > > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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 --wJeYCwfJgfFvSPOo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBveGQO0ZIEthSfkkRAv/1AKDM3KGzTmFwGnShMfgWy0HBb8YdKACg5AFW Qgr3necc/LdzcDQRehJgrik= =SZqe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wJeYCwfJgfFvSPOo--