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 Message 527 
 Alan Ianson to Simon Geddes 
 Linux dial-up terminal software 
 05 Aug 19 20:04:22 
 
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>> Minicom is an old time terminal for linux. It's a standard part of a
>> slackware install but should be doable just about anywhere.

> Minicom sounds perfect. I want to keep away from any of the internet
> technologies if at all possible, and keep this pure serial.

Yep, minicom is a serial terminal so I think it'll do what you want.

> I see you're in beautiful Penticton. Was there for my honeymoon a couple of
> years ago, browsing in an awesome second hand bookshop, and riding lazily
> down a river in a tyre.

Oh, made your way down the channel between Okanagan and Skaha lake? I haven't
done that in quite a few years now but it is very popular. I can see the
channel is full of tubes and folks making their way along when I drive down the
 highway.

> Canada is such a great country.

We do have our problems too.. but by and large it's a pretty good place to be..

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