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Terminal Programs
ANSI-BBS Compatible Terminal Programs
| Name | Windows | Linux | FreeBSD | MacOSX | Telnet | RLogin | SSH | Serial | X/Y/ZMODEM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SyncTERM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | From the Synchronet developers, free, open source |
| Microsoft telnet.exe | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Included/available with all Microsoft Windows NT+ OSes |
| Hilgraeve HyperTerminal PE v6 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Included with Windows XP, ZMODEM uploads broken, v7 no longer free for personal use |
| Putty | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Defaults to non-CP437 character set |
| Le Putty | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ZMODEM Only | Fork of putty, uses external rz/sz, possibly build-your-own for *nix |
| ZOC (Zap-o-Comm) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Commercial |
| AbsoluteTelnet | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Commercial |
| mTelnet | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ZMODEM Only | Author, Enigma (a.k.a. dink) is MIA, free, closed source, no batch uploads support |
| Flashterm | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Requires Adobe Flash Player and compatible web browser |
| JavaTelnetSSH | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Poor ANSI-BBS support, Version 1 here |
| ztelnet | No | Yes | Yes | ??? | Yes | No | Yes | No | ZMODEM Only | Free, open source, uses external rz/sz |
