Serial terminal emulator

[Ed Wilts, RHCE]

On 11/24/2004 10:06 PM, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 22:43, fredex wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:58:37PM -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Why not use kermit?  I believe it has good vt100 support and is part of
>>>FC2 and probably FC3.
>>
>>Kermit is great, I use it all the time.
>>
>>But it is not a terminal emulator. Well, C-kermit isn't. K95 is and MS-Kermit
>>is, but C-kermit is not. You get ONLY whatever the capabilities are of 
>>the terminal you're actually using when you run C-kermit, no more, no less.
>>It is usually possible to make do that way, but sometimes you have a remote
>>app/system that demands some known terminal type other than the one you 
>>have.
>>
>>Fred
> 
> 
> Heck!  Why did they mess with kermit?  That used to be THE tool to use
> across all kinds of systems.  Wonder if you can still get the tape with
> all the different versions on it?

They didn't mess with kermit - it's a difference between how you drive 
terminals on Unix versus how you drive one on Windows or whatever.

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Ed Wilts, RHCE
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