[H-GEN] Where's miniterm in RH9

[Stuart Longland]

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Peter Arnold wrote:


> The question is where is (or should be) miniterm on RH 9? I'm sure I've 
> used it on earlier versions of standard install RH but on my laptop (I 
> think I did a generic laptop install) it's nowhere to be seen. A quick 
> look at the RH 9 RPMs doesn't reveal anything that resemples miniterm.

mini_tel_ or mini_com_? I haven't noticed a "minitel" program in Red Hat 
9 (or 8.0 which we run), however, under Red Hat 8.0:

stuartl at www ~
$ rpm -qi minicom
Name        : minicom                      Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version     : 2.00.0                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 6                             Build Date: Mon 24 Jun 2002 
06:41:38 EST
Install Date: Mon 09 Dec 2002 07:33:54 EST      Build Host: 
astest.test.redhat.com
Group       : Applications/Communications   Source RPM: 
minicom-2.00.0-6.src.rpm
Size        : 319018                           License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 04 Sep 2002 07:29:48 EST, Key ID 
219180cddb42a60e
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~walker/minicom.html
Summary     : A text-based modem control and terminal emulation program.
Description :
Minicom is a simple text-based modem control and terminal emulation
program somewhat similar to MSDOS Telix. Minicom includes a dialing
directory, full ANSI and VT100 emulation, an (external) scripting
language, and other features.

Is that what you're after? ;-)

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