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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!holonet!colossus.holonet.net!news2.net99.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!news3.noc.netcom.net!news.diamondmm.com!news 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 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <310e9a3e.7325440@199.182.102.2> References: <4elddo$ee8@cdc2.cdc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: diamond244.diamondmm.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 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?