From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 13 19:16:35 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 A7F8A16A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:16:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DD2843D4C for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:16:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:14:33 -0600 Message-ID: <41BDEAA7.2080708@daleco.biz> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:16:55 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathan Kinkade References: <20041213134843.GB30241@netophilia.net> <1e58dbf60412131005294ed94a@mail.gmail.com> <20041213183808.GL3650@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <20041213183808.GL3650@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Dec 2004 19:14:33.0759 (UTC) FILETIME=[FAAA02F0:01C4E147] cc: FreeBSD Questions cc: "Colin J. Raven" Subject: Re: Reasonable Hyperterminal alternative? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:16:35 -0000 Nathan Kinkade wrote: >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 > > And, on that line of thought, I suppose that kermit is a/the canonical piece of software, traditionally speaking; but last I looked, it was a significant time investment unless you just pick up things like that automagically. Featureful, though; but not part of base. But, we'll soon have every alternative listed in this thread if we keep redefining "reasonable", which is a rather subjective term, I suppose ... Kevin Kinsey