Cutecom and also minicom [COLUG]

[Ethan Dicks]

On Dec 6, 2007 3:31 PM, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote:
> jep200404 wrote:
> > Also, learn how to use minicom.
>
> Minicom is great as an equivalent to those old DOS terminal programs like
> ProComm.  But since BBSs are gone, I get frustrated when I try to use it
> for serial port work now.  Mostly because it tries to initialize a modem
> when it first starts, before you've had a chance to configure it, and I
> don't always want to use the same serial port (or even a modem).  Plus
> its line-drawing characters don't always work.

I use minicom, and have the same frustrations with it.  I haven't used
a real modem in many, many years.  I use it as a dumb terminal
emulator for talking to industrial devices (routers, high voltage
controllers...)

> If you want something between the simplicity of cu and the complexity of
> minicom, the Kermit terminal program is also still around, as both
> C-Kermit and G-Kermit depending on your choice of license and features.

I have far fewer frustrations using Kermit, but it's not always on
systems I'm working on; minicom typically is.

-ethan