Terminal Emulator

Curious Marc curiousmarc3 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 1 21:57:19 CDT 2021


I use Teraterm too. Works both on Windoze and Mac. I like the ability to run scripts. 
Marc

> On Sep 30, 2021, at 5:51 PM, Lee Courtney via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> We use Teraterm at work - adequate, free, open-source(if that's important),
> meets our needs for embedded development across a wide variety of
> platforms.
> 
> YMMV,
> 
> Lee Courtney
> 
>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:57 AM Mike Katz via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I am looking for a good terminal emulator.  Not for connecting to older
>> computers serially but to connect with my embedded designs.
>> Do any of you have any recommendations.
>> 
>> I've been using Realterm for years but it's not very good.
>> 
>> I used UCON, hyper term, terra term, telix (going way back) and a few I
>> can't remember the name of.
>> 
>> Here are my needs:
>> 
>> 1.  Runs under Windows 10 (linux optionally)
>> 2.  Has user selectable baud rates (I use 500K baud frequently)
>> 3.  Can use any Windows Com Port.
>> 4.  Can send files as raw binary
>> 5.  Has X-modem built in (nice but optional)
>> 6.  Has some kind of basic VT-100 support
>> 7.  Can display both ascii characters and binary data has hex numbers,
>> preferably on alternate lines (hex above the ascii character like this:
>>         45 76 65 72 79
>>          E    V   E   R   Y
>> 8.  Can send short manually entered strings in hex or ascii.
>> 9.  Can recognize protocols (based on start and/or end of text characters)
>> 10. Costs less than $100
>> 11.  Can Capture what comes in the port
>> 12.  Has local echo (when connected to systems that don't echo what you
>> type)
>> 13.  Has a large scroll back buffer.
>> 14.  Has programmable macro buttons or function keys.
>> 15.  Can handle removal and insertion of the TTL to Serial USB converter
>> without crashing.
>> 
>> Thank you
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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> Lee Courtney
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