Re: Tips for serial terminal & file transfer?

[Shaul Karl <shaulk@actcom.net.il>]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 12:41:24PM +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> 
> After this point, you can transfer shar archives (which use uudecode,
> hence the above step), allowing for ASCII mode transfers.
> 


  I am missing something. Can't you uuencode every file and transfer it
in the same way?


> 
> I'm still looking for a good method for doing file transfers.  I haven't
> used kermit, x/y/zmodem, etc., for about fifteen years, so I'm not sure
> what the options are here.
> 
> I'm also wondering if there is other terminal software other than
> minicom I can use, preferably with color support.  minicom seems to do
> only vt100.
> 


  What about minicom -c on?
  
    $ minicom -h|grep color
      -c, --color=on/off     : ANSI style color usage on or off
  
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    Shaul Karl,    shaulk @ actcom . net . il