What Terminal Software Are You Using?

[Sir Isaac]

Windows:

As far as Terminal software goes I've always used Putty. It's simple and quick.

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

For Linux SSH in resent months I started using MobaXterm because of it's nice layout and multi-window features.

http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

Switched back to Putty for the RC2014 just because of the XMODEM integration. MobaXterm has build-in "ZMODEM" but I haven't gotten XMODEM to work using it.

Linux:

In Linux I typically use Terminator because of the multi-window features.

https://gnometerminator.blogspot.ca/p/introduction.html

I also really like Yakuake for the drop down menu feature. 

https://www.kde.org/applications/system/yakuake/

Sorry I don't use Mac so I can't give a good example.

Some of you have posted that you are using TeraTerm and SecureCRT. Just curious why and what features you look for and or must have.

https://ttssh2.osdn.jp/index.html.en

https://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/

While looking for something fun and that had an old school flashy look to it I found these. Didn't see much for windows.

http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/make-cool-retro-terminal-ubuntu

So what's your favorite and why?

[PianoMatt]

I use Teraterm and ExtraPuTTY in Windows. I used to use Coolterm and iTerm when I was using OS X. For Linux I use Minicom, because that's the only one I know how to use

[Peter Fielden-Weston]

I first tried to use Putty, as I have used this to SSH into Linux boxes for years now, but couldn't get it to work. The same Windows setup still worked with my Linux box and Raspi's, so I don't knoiw what went wrong there.

On the recommendations of posters here, I tried TeraTerm and have stuck with it. Works fine, auto-connects, etc. No problems.

Peter

[Mark Bramwell]

I use secureCRT at work.  It is stable and has all of the features I need, including easy access to saved profiles and multi-session. I get beta copies sent to me from VanDyke and I give them feedback. I support clients with LARGE numbers of Linux servers (  > 1,000 server farms ).  Stable ssh with decent certificate/key control and transparent tunneling.

I gave Tera Term a try this week.  To be honest, it is buggy in how it handles windows.  Frequently something is off the bottom of the view window and I can not see it unless I maximize the window a few times.  Why do I need to do it more than once?  I would use Tera Term if it was more predictable with the view window. The terminal emulation list is poor.  I am using Turbo Pascal v3 in CPM and none of the tera term emulation types match up with the list of terminals supported by TP3.  I must use SecureCRT.

Putty, I do not use it but I just noticed a new version was released last month....  time elapses... I have tried the new version.  It mostly works for me.  I can setup the screen colors and such.  Terminal emulation is weak but I might be able to create custom key bindings in CPM to use putty.

I use Windows 10 due to Microsoft Office (Outlook).  My LCD screens usually have multiple ssh windows open to Linux boxes.
If Linux had a full featured email client (it doesn't, everything I have tried is broken for multiple folder support), I would use Linux SecureCRT.

[PianoMatt]

I forgot to mention before that every day at work I use Powerterm for our ancient telnet-based systems. One of those "if it ain't broke don't fix it" type scenarios. The client machines are old too - still running XP embedded *shudders*

PianoMatt

[Mark Bramwell]

Hi guys....

I have found a retro VT220 font that seems to give an interesting effect in secureCRT/TeraTerm/putty.  Grab the TrueTypeFont from:    http://web1.foxhollow.ca/cpm/Glass_TTY_VT220.ttf
Copy the file into  c:\windows\fonts

Go into your terminal program and select the new font.
I set the background to:   blue=0, red=0, green=11
I set the font normal color to: blue=0, red=0, green=175
bold to:  blue=0, red=0, green=222

It gives a very retro look !

ps:  putty seems to clear the screen during boot-up and certain other operations.  rc2014/cpm seems to be sending codes that putty likes.

[Chris Scullion]

gkterm under crouton on Chromebook.

[Sir Isaac]

Awesome, going to give that font a try.

Might take a closer look at SecureCRT as well.

[Peter Fielden-Weston]

I just had a look at SecureCRT's pricing. OUCH!!

P

[PianoMatt]

Aye, that was my reaction too. Can't justify it when all I'd use it for is serial access and light SSH work

[Sir Isaac]

YA, the price is putting me off.

BUT. am I wrong or does it cost just for updates? re-download it every few months LOL

[Mark Bramwell]

re: SecureCRT

When you install it, it asks for keys. No key=time demo mode.  At end of trial period, it no longer starts.  Uninstall/re-install did not help when I tried it.  It must put some sort of marker on the system.  If work did not buy keys, I would be using putty or something else.

[David Hardingham]

I use Tera Term most of the time, but occasionally I use Putty or SecureCRT. I like Tera Term because I can add a 50ms delay at the end of each line (when sending characters to the RC2014).

David

[codifies]

I just use picoterm I made a quick script, I can't remember if there is a default config somewhere...

cat term.sh

#!/bin/bash
picocom /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 115200 -f h --omap bsdel,delbs

I was using minicom but for some strange reason it can take a while to start up or close down...

[Peter Fielden-Weston]

It's sending it's log files to GCHQ / NSA.

P

[PianoMatt]

They'd just get frustrated reading my logs. "Barry, check this out. This idiot has no idea how to use PIP"

[Jay Cotton]

I'm running Teraterm and putty.  On linux I use putty.

[Avraham Lembke]

For me it's mostly minicom (used to use picocom but xmodem stuff was easier under minicom), under xfce-terminal or 

when I want a full screen terminal https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term. I've got a profile that just gives some delay and burn 

that makes it feel far closer to the dumb terminal I owned some years ago (sadly don't remember it's brand but it was west german or at least the warnings etc on the back was in german).