Minicom
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{{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}}
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'''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]
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[[Category:Terminal emulators]]