Re: MiniTerm

[Gleef <dzol virtual-yellow com>]

On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Fred W. Smith wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I was wondering if you or anyone knows how I can get a program called
> MiniTerm. I have used the search engines and can only find a reference to it
> in How To debug 2 linux boxes and the instructions say that you can compile
> your own (which I don't know how to do).
> 
> I have an accounting package that recommends using MiniTerm from the system
> prompt because it can give an ansi emulation for the accounting package
> which you can't get from the system prompt.
> 
> If you could point me to where I can get the program, I would greatly
> appreciate it.

As far as I can tell, the only program called MiniTerm out there for Linux
is a sample modem terminal program shipped with the LDP's Linux 
Programmers Guide (http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP).  It doesn't appear to have
any special features that other similar programs (such as MiniCom) don't
have, and it is certainly missing many features that MiniCom has (such as
dialing directories).

Note that both MiniTerm and MiniCom are specifically for accessing systems
over a dialup line or a serial port.  They are not for accessing systems
over a network.  Most decent accounting systems are designed to
be accessed over a network.  What accounting system are you using,
anyways?

Best of Luck,
-Gleef