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Unix, Xenix and ODT General FAQ

What are some terminal emulators I can use from windows?

These are Windows terminal emulators. If you are looking for OTHER terminal emulators (emulators that run under Unix or Linux), try Terminal Emulation on a PC.

If all you need is command line access, almost anything is fine - even Windows telnet. I'd suggest at least trying Putty (a very good free telnet/ssh client) before spending money.

However, some applications need precise emulation to work well. Worse, as the programmer who wrote it just might have been working with some emulator with quirks and may have written the app around those quirks, you may find that even an emulator that is doing exactly what it should be doing may be "wrong" for some silly app. That "Terminal Emulation on a PC" link above also has more on that.

Fortunately, most of these have demos so you can try before you buy. You may also want to read the article here on Termcap and Terminfo.

(Original list ontributed by Steven Dunn 02/28/2003, updated more recently)

(Alphabetical order)

Alphacom 5
SCO ANSI emulation; transparent printing; file transfer
Support for serial, telnet and SSH
LPD client included
http://www.omnicomtech.com

AnzioWin and AnzioLite
SCO ANSI emulation (among others)
Support for telnet and serial; AnzioWin adds SSH
Numerous other features including customizable transparent printing
http://www.anzio.com/

Eric's TelNet98
SCO ANSI emulation; transparent printing; file transfer
Support for telnet and SSH
http://www.telnet98.com/

FacetWin, FacetWin DT, FacetTerm
Various feature sets from basic serial terminal through kitchen sink
http://www.facetcorp.com/

HyperAccess
This is the full version of the HyperTerm that ships with Windows
http://www.hilgraeve.com/hyperaccess

Kermit
Support for everything including the kitchen sink - lots of terminals,
SCOANSI, telnet/rlogin/serial/SSH/FTP/HTTP/Kerberos/SSL/TLS
lots of file transfer protocols, built-in scripting language.
Highly customizable
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/

PASSPORT
Feature-rich TN3270, TN5250, VT100/VT220 and SCO ANSI Emulation.
Also includes FTP and SSL option.
http://www.zephyrcorp.com

PuTTY
Free, tiny, and supports SSH.
Simple ANSI emulator including SCO and Linux keyboard behaviour
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

SecureCRT
Bela says "It just works and works" and that's a pretty good recommendation
http://www.vandyke.com/

TermLite
Included free with older versions of OSR5
Small, lightweight SCO ANSI telnet client
No support for serial or SSH
http://www.tarantella.com/products/vision/family/#tl

TermVision
Wide selection of emulations; lots of other features
Support for telnet and serial but not SSH
http://www.tarantella.com/products/vision/family/#tv

TinyTerm
Lots of emulations; includes SSH support
http://www.tinyterm.com/

Tun Plus
Terminal emulation and a whole bunch more
http://www.esker.com/esker_com/products/tunplus_home.html

Also see
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/winsshclients.html
http://www.ntware.com/workstation/telnet.html

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