What do you need to know about free software? From Hilgraeve: Terminal Emulators: ANSI ANSIW Minitel ViewData VT100, VT100J, VT52, VT220, and VT320. Use pass-through printing to allow host systems to print directly to the users printer Zmodem crash recovery TCP/IP support for accessing telnet sites on the Internet Auto-redial busy telephone numbers Conduct multiple simultaneous telnet sessions Set HTPE as your default telnet client. Some uses of HyperTerminal Private Edition: Use a TCP/IP network to connect to systems on the Internet or your network using Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) Use a Dial-Up modem to dial into modem based systems Talk directly to many different types of devices using serial COM ports Define key macros, save keystrokes, or adapt to host systems that require special keys or command sequences Assign passwords, user ID's and host commands to a single key Select terminal screen size and colors to take advantage of host systems that let you adjust the number or rows and columns displayed Set the program to automatically exit after you log out.

HyperTerminal Private Edition is a terminal emulation program that supports communications over TCP/IP networks, Dial-Up Modems, and serial COM ports.

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