From: "AndrewJ" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <01JQ31IGFPBA9JLIOZ AT SLU DOT EDU> Subject: [Off-topic] Re: Hyperterminal and Netscape Navigator Lines: 23 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 18:56:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.42.120.18 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT home DOT net X-Trace: news2.rdc1.on.home.com 959885766 24.42.120.18 (Thu, 01 Jun 2000 11:56:06 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 11:56:06 PDT Organization: @Home Network Canada To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com > Is there a program running under plain DOS which is equivalent to > Windows' Hyperterminal. > Is there a program running under plain DOS which will dial up > the user's Internet provider and launch Netscape Navigator? What has this to do with programming with DJGPP? As for a DOS version of HyperTerminal (heh..., yeah, I know what came first), there are a plethora of old communications programs out there (Telix, Terminat, ProComm to name a few). These old DOS programs are generally more robust and useful than HyperTerminal, which was/is near useless IMHO. As for the second question, NO. Unless you are talking about a Windows NT console executable that does what the dial-up manager does without all the gooey goodness of Windows. Windows uses a different communication method when dialing to modern ISP's (PPP, point to point protocol) that an old DOS terminal program would know nothing about, and couldn't signal to Windows that a connection had been established anyways. AndrewJ