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From: pierce@diamondmm.com (John R Pierce)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Modem program for FreeBSD needed
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 22:23:08 GMT
Organization: Diamond Multimedia Systems
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kurt@vianet.on.ca wrote:

>I installed FreeBSD the other day and would like to compile in support for the 3Com
>590 PCI network cards. These cards are not supported in the release kernel but I
>have been fortunate enough to find drivers at a site on the internet.
>
>Now, the problem is getting the necessary files onto my hard disk. I can't FTP them
>direct to the machine obviously so I'll need to FTP them first to a system I have
>net access on, then download them from there to the machine.
>
>No biggie, except for the life of me, I can't find a decent terminal program to use.
>(text mode, haven't configured X-Windows yet)
>
>Linux experience tells me there must be a FreeBSD equivalent to 'MiniCom' which 
>comes with Linux slackware... 
>
>(I hope)
>
>-Kurt

Can you use (ugh!) floppy disks?