Minicom 1431478 215708696 2008-05-29T10:42:03Z 213.106.225.195 rm spam {{Infobox Software | name = Minicom | logo = | screenshot = [[Image:Minicom.png|300px]] | caption = Minicom run in a [[X11]] [[xterm]] window | collapsible = | author = | developer = Adam Lackorzynski, Martin A. Godisch | released = | latest release version = 2.3 | latest release date = {{release date and age|2008|2|24}} | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | frequently updated = | programming language = [[C]] | operating system = [[Linux]], [[POSIX]] | platform = [[Cross-platform]] | status = Active | genre = [[Terminal emulator]] | license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] | website = http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom }} {{For |the company by this name| Minicom Advanced Systems}} {{For|the textphone|Telecommunications device for the deaf}} '''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 X3.64|ANSI]] and [[VT100]] [[emulation]], an (external) [[scripting language]], and other features. Minicom is a menu-driven communications program. It also has an auto [[ZMODEM|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 [[Intel 80386|386]] laptop with a minicom [[Mini Linux|floppy distro]] such as [[Pitux]] or [[Serial Terminal Linux]]. It is even possible to use the Windows Server [[Emergency Management Services]] console in [[Windows 2003]]. [[Windows NT4]] also had a similar feature, where one could enable an emergency serial line command prompt. [[Image:SECS.png|thumb|Minicom running a Windows 2003 EMS prompt]] == External links == * [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/ Minicom home page] * [http://www.asashi.net/pages/pitux.html Pitux Minicom Floppy] * [http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html Linux Serial Console HOWTO] {{network-software-stub}} [[fr:Minicom]] [[Category:Terminal emulators]]