STerm

What is STerm?


The program Sterm is able to provide internet services (like telnet, ping, finger etc.) to a serial terminal which is connected to a COM port. Sterm is NOT an terminal emulator, it is more like a terminal server. You only can use Sterm when you have a serial terminal, VT100/220/320/420 terminals work fine but other types should work also (just give it a try).
Once you have connected your terminal to the computer and started Sterm you will see a command line appear at the screen of the terminal. From this command line you can use telnet, ping, trace route, finger, lookup, and retreive mail headers. If you run a telnet daemon on your computer you can log in with your terminal and work 'remote' on the Windows computer (for example: you can edit HTML files on the terminal and check the result on your computer, so you don't have to switch between the word processer and web browser).

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This page was last updated at November 26th 1997 by Flipper
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