Lobotomizing HyperTerminal

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_exit109.com>
Date: Wed Jun 2 20:01:28 1999

> Rumor has it that Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) may have mentioned these words:
>
> >But how do I lobotomize that silly "HYPER-TERMINAL" app in Windoze95 to
> >convince it that I do NOT want it to dial, wait for carriertone, etc.?
>
> I've found the best way to force HyperTerminal to do this is tell it to
> dial a stupid number like "876" and when it starts out to dial, just click
> cancel. it knocks you back to the terminal screen, but leaves the
> connection to the com port open.

Actually, the best way is to upgrade to a later version of HyperTerminal
Personal Edition (PE). It's a free upgrade for the brain-dead version
that ships with Win 95/98/NT and adds nice features like the above and
also telnet capability.

Check your local search engine for a link.

<<<John>>>
Received on Wed Jun 02 1999 - 20:01:28 BST