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#131382 - SecureCRT Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Andy Neil said:
Seeing David Gal's thread "better version of hyperterminal?" prompts me to also ask, can anyone recommend a replacement for Procomm Plus?
I didn't want to side-track that thread, hence the new one. Procomm has a long history, starting way back in MS-DOS character-mode days (as shareware?), and has had many owners - including quarterdeck, datastorm, and symantec. I beleive that it is still available from symantec, but it hasn't been supported for years. I have Procomm Plus-32 v4.7 of 1998. The basics still all work fine, but it's showing its age by not coping well with multiple screens, not coping at all with COM ports >9, etc - and, of course, no support. I still stand by my earlier recommendation of SecureCRT. Multiple sessions spread across multiple screens work quite nicely. Even the old version I have will allow connections to COM ports numbered up through 50. But the biggest strengths of this application lie in the rock solid terminal emulation, and great support for SSH and telnet as well as serial. Additionally, I really like the ability to strip down the windows to the point of having little more than the session text displayed; when having a large number of sessions open concurrently, the screen real estate savings are appreciable. The really key feature of Procomm Plus for me is its Aspect scripting language - which is very much like 'C' specifically tailored for serial comms.
(so, when it's not quite worth doing it in Borland, I do a Procomm script). So the key question is: can anyone recommend a PC terminal emulator with a scripting facility as powerful as Procomm's? I honestly have not explored the scripting capabilities of this application in any depth, but they are definitely present. You might want to look at the application's Scripting FAQ to gain an idea of what is possible. --Sasha Jevtic |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| Replacement for Procomm Plus? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| what is Procomm? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It's a Terminal Emulator | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| more info needed... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| like this... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| well, you'll might like it.... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| SecureCRT | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| interesting... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| CRT? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| No SSH | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
re: replacement for ProComm | 01/01/70 00:00 |