Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 09:40:25 +0100 From: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: rsnow@txdirect.net (Rob Snow), d_burr@ix.netcom.com, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good text-based telcom program? Working MINICOM? Message-ID: <199512130840.JAA09541@nietzsche.bowtie.nl> In-Reply-To: kuku's message of Wed, 13 Dec 1995 05:24:21 %2B0100. <199512130424.FAA10859@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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> > > > On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Donald Burr wrote: > [...] > > > So I'm finding myself in the need of a good text-based comm program. > > > more "zip" to it (and ease of use, maybe). > > > > > > [...] > > > I've had the same results with my machine (205 & 210). Looks REALLY > > nice (I'm an old Telix user). But 'it dont work'. In my weak > > attempt to hack MiniCom I had less luck than you... :-( > > > > I think it'd make a great addition to the ports tree. Unfortunately, > > I believe that my cross-eyed attempt told me that I might not be > > the person to do it. I would, however, try and take another look > > if you'll send me your patches. > > I didn't know this would be of general interest, but I just send out a reply to Donald telling him about a working version of minicom 1.60. I never bothered with the newer versions, and this one still works I just checked it. I only had to add an include of <runetype.h> in port.h If anyone wants to hack at it, to see what the differences are between this version and the newest, take a look at: http://www.bowtie.nl/files/minicom-1.60-fbsd.tar.gz Marc.
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