Re: What is Hyperterminal for?


"John Corliss" <jcorliss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> All right then, Michael, why then is Hyperterminal not listed in the
> Add/Remove Programs Control Panel module? Why should it not be possible to
> easily remove it if it's unneeded?
>
> --
> Regards from John "just curious" Corliss

John, Hyperterminal is a useful little program that can be used to
communicate directly with a modem, a serial port, to link two PCs together
via serial ports etc. I use it to dial into our phone system at work and
change settings because it can emulate the "Proper" stand alone terminal
that's not accessible from home. Yes it will also do telnet but is not the
actual Windows "Component" used when Windows needs a telnet client.

To some people it IS a useful tool that carries so little overhead it may as
well be included. Some very old Fords used to come with a couple of
wrenches, a screwdriver and even a grease gun and tire irons I think, 99% of
owners probably never used any of them but they were there if needed. Your
car didn't stop running if you threw the tools away.

So you asked why it was there, it is there because to many people it's
handy, if you don't want it then no harm will result if you remove it, but
you don't need desktop wallpaper either and that probably takes up as much
space. When the gains are outweighed by the effort involved most people
don't bother.

I don't know of anything else that uses Hyperterminal, there are certainly
more advanced commercial programs out there to do the job "Easier", so any
hyperterminal "Exploits" are harmless unless you are using it.

Charlie.


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