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NatemanAfter asks: QuestionIs there an F/OSS or built-in equivalent to MS HyperTerminal for OS X? Having to retreat to a Windows installation for serial console port communication makes this switcher very sad. Is the unix utlity ‘screen’ really all I need? AnswerThat’s a question that comes up a lot for the geekier users, really. The answer is ZTerm which is, as the page describes, Terminal for serial ports. I used to use the old 680×0 version of the program on my LCII to go BBSing and all that fun. It’s a great little app and does a great job for terminal emulation.
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kermit is my favorite.
It has command line interface.
and, it’s the only one working for me to console into a NetApp.
For some reason, I have not been able to use the precomipled binaries.
First, you have to have XCode installed to use gcc.
Download the source code at http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html
Compile it with the command “make macosx103 && sudo make install”.
“/var/spool/lock/” needs to be writable by the user.
Here is my ~/.kermit, that set some defaults
echo Executing site initialization file ~/.kermrc …
set prompt “Serial/> “
set line /dev/tty.USA19QW181P1.1
set baud 9600
set send packet-length 2000
set receive packet-length 2000
set block 3
set file type binary
set carrier-watch off
i think the answer to the author’s question is “Yes, ‘screen’ is all you’ll ever need!”
I use screen perfectly like this:
screen /dev/tty.USA19QW181P1.1
Of course, that port is how the Keyspan Serial adapter shows on my system, just type up to “tty.U” and tab completion should finish it off properly for anyone else’s system.
I never got around to learn how to use screen.
Now is my chance.
Does anyone know of any guides to using screen? I’m reading through the man pages, but was wondering if there’s an alternative online somewhere?