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Minicom

Minicom run in a X11 xterm window
Developed by	Adam Lackorzynski, Martin A. Godisch
Latest release	2.3 / 2008-2-24; 414 days ago
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux, POSIX
Platform	Cross-platform
Development status	Active
Type	Terminal emulator
License	GPL
Website	http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom

Minicom is a text-based modem control and terminal emulation program for Unix-like operating systems, originally written by Miquel van Smoorenburg, and modeled after the popular MS-DOS program Telix. Minicom includes a dialing directory, ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting language, and other features. Minicom is a menu-driven communications program. It also has an auto zmodem download.

A common use for minicom is when setting up a remote serial console, perhaps as a last resort to access a computer if the LAN is down. This can be done using nothing more than an old 386 laptop with a minicom floppy distro such as Pitux or Serial Terminal Linux.

[edit] See also

• tip

[edit] External links

• Minicom home page
• Pitux Minicom Floppy
• Linux Serial Console HOWTO
• Paul Virijevich (6 September 2006). "Improving server management with Minicom and conserver". Linux.com. VA Software. http://www.linux.com/feature/56774. Retrieved on 8 March 2009. 
• Bill McCarty (September 1999). "11.7 Using minicom and seyon". Learning Debian GNU/Linux. O'Reilly & Associates. http://oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/book/ch11_07.html. Retrieved on 8 March 2009.