STerm

History of STerm


Sterm was written because there didn't (as far as I know) exist any software to use serial terminals (for example a VT100 terminal) with a Windows computer. In version 1.0 of Sterm only TELNET was supported. In the new release (v1.1) many internet services have been added, these incluse ping and trace route.

Version 1.0
- First release, July 22nd 1997
- Serial connection to COM1-4.
- Telnet client implemented.
- Some telnet options implemented like echo, NAWS, terminal type and speed.
- Every action is logged to the screen and to a file (optional).
- (Hopefully) an easy to use interface.

Version 1.1
- Released November 26th, 1997
- Added internet services: ping, traceroute, lookup, finger, get mail.
- Favorite telnet sites can be activated by hotkeys (F1-F8).
- Improved user interface (statusbar,speedbuttons).
- Multi threaded.
- Added the 'binary' option to the telnet client (not tested, don't know if it works).
- Improved helpfile and context sensitive help added.

Version 1.2
- Released January 27th 1998
- Bug fixed

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This page was last updated at February 23rd 1998 by Flipper
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