Subj : syncterm
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Thu Mar 02 2023 10:59 am

> Looks like I was mistaken about the shared ncurses but at least libtinfo
> isn't one of them.

That's interesting. I have been using the 1.1 version because of reported upload bugs but hat is old and they are likely solved now.

I'll grab that version and try again.

>> I use ssh when it's avalable and plain old telnet when it's not.

> I only used telnet the other day which is the first time in AGES.  I used to
> use telnet (rlogin before that) back in a time long, long ago in a land far,
> far away.

I don't use it often anymore but once in a while.

>> I only need minicom or syncterm if I need to grab files with
>> zmodem.

> Okay.  Does that happen often?

Not often no. Usually there are other options like ftp but there are times when zmodem is the only option.

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