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 ...

When fiddling around with old computers, you can occasionally find yourself in a sticky situation. What may be a simple task with today’s hardware and software can be nearly impossible given the ...

I need a hyperterminal work-a-like for my RedHat 6.2 box. I have a repo'd Shiva VPN gateway that I need to use the management console to reset the password on. So it is a serial connection from laptop ...

[Photo: jstn.cc] Are you ever struck with the urge to briefly get away from your nice color display, with its slim profile and large screen, to retreat to the warm glow of an old-school terminal ...

Although serial port connections have been replaced by USB ports in most computers, older business equipment such as fax machines and printers may still utilize them.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

Your friend is mistaken. This serial port he is talking about is called "CGA" and closely resembles a serial port. However it still requires a graphics card and a monitor! You can convert a CGA signal ...

The project is also known as terminalscope which uses standard PS/2 keyboard input and 54×24 resolution oscilloscope screen in order to build a bidirectional serial terminal console. The project is ...