[Info-vax] Unix equivalent to SET HOST/DTE ?

[Mike Rechtman]

H Vlems wrote:
> On 19 okt, 11:11, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> If a unix host has one or more serial ports, what would be the unix
>> equivalent to SET HOST/DTE txa0: ?
>>
>> (aka: like a telnet, except to a serial port).
> 
> As Glen already wrote, tip does that in the unix world. However PuTTY
> is available for unix and its user interface is fairly
> straightforward. Version 6 supports serial lines on WIndows) possibly
> as well on unix
> Hans
Using Ubuntu its as simple as:
sudo apt-get install ckermit
... useful to have a usable VT emulator.

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