[Cialug] Terminal program for serial port

Dave Weis djweis at sjdjweis.com
Tue Jun 7 13:13:04 CDT 2005


On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> What are some popular or commonly used programs for a terminal on a serial
> port - like for administering serial console devices.
> Are there some good ones for X and for console?  I'm not asking which one is
> best, but if there are two or three good ones.

There is minicom which I like the best, there is also tip if you are 
oldschool or on a Sun machine that doesn't have anything else. I used one 
back in the day called seyon I think also.

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