[Wolves] Serial terminal

Andy Wootton andy.wootton at wyrley.demon.co.uk
Wed Jul 20 23:19:58 BST 2005


James Turner wrote:

>I've seen it done using an old green-screen dumb terminal and a home-made 
>cable. 
>
You can usually get by with 3 wires for a terminal connection but you 
may need more for a console. Some system consoles reboot or change 
context on a control key.

>Hyperterminal is a bit slow and clunky, with limited terminal capabilities. 
>Minicom seems a bit more capable. Not used the others but any of them are 
>probably fine.
>
Kermit used to be good but I haven't seen it for years.

Woo



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