Re: Serial terminal program?
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 20:18, Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> Is there a serial terminal program for Debian? One that will talk out an
> RS-232 port? I couldn't seem to find one searching in dselect or debian.org's
> online package search.
>
> I don't think gnome-terminal or the like can talk to a serial port. Telnet
> talks to the network.
>
> I used to use tip on the old SunOS. On Windows I use Hyperterminal.
You should check out kermit for that. I hear it's pretty good.
> I'll need it for powerpc, but if one is available for x86 there is likely to be
> one for powerpc too.
Check out the programs in the comm section:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/comm/
I think the following do what you want:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/comm/gkermit.html
http://packages.debian.org/stable/comm/minicom.html
http://packages.debian.org/stable/comm/seyon.html
Hope that helps,
Bijan
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