[Gllug] OT: Comms s/ware

[Richard Cohen]

On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Dylan Brewis wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> My boyfriend occasionally needs to dial in to telecoms switches from home for
> out of hours maintenance etc. He wants me to install amd maintain a machine
> with W98 and 'Procom Plus' for the purpose (which in the last three years has
> happened four times!)
>
> To be honest, I can't be bothered with the hastle and don't see why a box
> should be given up (even to dual boot) for such an infrequent use. So, my
> question(s):
>
> Assuming any of you know the functionality of Procom (he can't tell me
> anything about the protocols and terminal emulations etc...), what packages
> are available to run under Linux to provide the same functionality. Obviously
> telnet, but beyond that the information he can give me is sketchy to say the
> least! (And I can't extract the relevant information from the manual because
> A) I don't understand the teleco technobabble and B) the manual's only
> slightly better than crap!

Minicom would almost certainly do the job...

> Any advice/comments/info would be gratefully received so I can sort one of
> the Linux boxes out for it instead of the dreaded alternative!
>
> Cheers
> Dylan

Cheers
Richard


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