The humble standalone serial terminal might be long gone from the collective computing experience, but in the ghostly form of a software virtual terminal and a serial converter it remains the most ...

Modern operating systems insulate us — as programmers, especially — from so much work. Depending on how far back you go, programmers had to manage their own fonts, their own allocation space on mass ...

Sometimes a simple piece of hardware or software — and the presence of mind to install it — can make all the difference in the world when the walls come crashing down. One of these items is the ...

Although serial port connections have been replaced by USB ports in most computers, older business equipment such as fax machines and printers may still utilize them. When a serial port stops ...

Does anyone out there know if there is a software terminal server. I'm looking to connect a serial device into the serial port of a computer and have it talk telnet.<BR><BR>Currently we have a leased ...