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Minicom vs RealTerm

A side-by-side look at Minicom and RealTerm. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Minicom

Minicom

Network & Admin

Minicom is a text-based serial port communication program that runs in a terminal. It is useful for connecting to devices like routers, switches, and serial consoles to configure them over a serial cable.

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RealTerm

RealTerm

Development

RealTerm is a serial port terminal program designed to replace HyperTerminal for engineers and developers. It provides full terminal emulation, data logging, ASCII, hex and binary data views, scripting and more.

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