Hypoterminal is dead

Andrew Neil · ‎2010-09-16

Posted on September 16, 2010 at 23:33

It's not even as if Hyperterminal is a standard part of Windows any more:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-happened-to-HyperTerminal

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Tesla DeLorean · ‎2016-12-19

Posted on December 20, 2016 at 05:08

I've tried to avoid it for many years.

I use RealTerm rather a lot for the hex modes, send and capture options. For things where I need file transfer capabilities I found Clear Terminal to be quite effective.

http://download.cnet.com/windows/clearconnex/3260-20_4-10097791-1.html

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Andrew Neil · ‎2016-12-20

Posted on December 20, 2016 at 22:24

No, I really don't think that was a question asked by me 6 years ago!

Far more likely, this was a reply to something else which has got disconnected from its original question.

Good to see ST keeping up the quality with the new forum ...

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.

waclawek.jan · ‎2016-12-21

Posted on December 21, 2016 at 16:49

And Microsoft does that very well, too... that link in the OP is rotten.

Good to see you around, Andy.

Jan

Tesla DeLorean · ‎2016-12-21

Posted on December 21, 2016 at 18:40

I replied to the old thread some what out of amusement, it came up as a 'related' topic/thread to one I had been looking at, and I was also trying to get my head around 'marking something as obsolete' which apparently not something I can do as a user.

I'd be further amused if the new forum software actually emailed you an alert about this, or if it just popped up in the InBox here..

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Andrew Neil · ‎2016-12-21

Posted on December 21, 2016 at 20:49

Yes, it was the forum that emailed me an alert of this thread's resurrection!

Also:

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A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.