[rescue] SUN PCMCIA SBus Card

[Dave McGuire]

  Hey Josh.  Cool.  I use xmodem all the time (probably a dozen times
per day or more) on embedded devices; is there an easy way to do that
from within screen?

                -Dave

On 05/26/2018 01:18 AM, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> I prefer screen over minicom for simplicity.  I just do:
> screen /dev/ttyS0 115200
> Now, I pretty much never need to use kermit or y-modem anymore for sending
> data to embedded devices.
> 
> I would often run minicom in screen and using screen directly is certainly
> simpler than that.
> 
> Overall though, I canbt say that using screen adds any features or new
> capabilities, it just simplifies things.
> 
>> On May 26, 2018, at 12:43 AM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 05/25/2018 10:47 PM, Michael Parson wrote:
>>> For many years, I've used screen to access my serial ports, which even
>>> uses vi keys for moving around the scrollback... :)
>>>
>>> Before I learned that screen could talk to serial ports, I used minicom.
>>
>>  I use minicom now, all day/every day as an embedded systems developer.
>> Is there an advantage to screen, should I try it for that?
>>
>>            -Dave
>>
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>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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