ZTerm X1.2

Name: ZTerm X
Price: 20.00 $
Rating: 4.4 (2 reviews)

19 July 2011

Terminal emulation program.

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Overview

Note: ZTerm X is no longer under development and the developer provides no support for it. This listing is only for people who have already purchased the license key

ZTerm X is a terminal emulation program for the Mac. In its day, many people used it to connect to Bulletin Board Systems and download files. Now we have the internet. It's still a useful utility for those systems that only offer dialup connections and for connecting to devices through a serial port, like many routers. For newer Macs that don't have a normal serial port, ZTerm can talk to ports on USB to serial adapters, through the appropriate driver software supplied with the adapter.

What's new in ZTerm X

Version 1.2:

Universal binary
Other minor changes

12 Reviews of ZTerm X

Naoh

Version: 1.2

Most helpful

Now this is a huge surprise! After nearly a decade of silence, ZTerm re-appears. It's sad to see that it is no longer free to use, but at the same time I am hugely relieved that I won't have to stop using ZTerm with Lion. (It was one of my few remaining PPC applications.) Many thanks for resurrecting a long-time favourite.

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fiery12

19 April 2017

Zterm X site and download links are still up (last updated Jun 2012), but you can't purchase the app. Site sends you to Kagi payment system which is now defunct.

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WordWeaver

11 October 2015

It would REALLY be nice if David Alverson -- the developer -- would seriously consider adding full telnet capabilities to ZTerm. I think if he did so, and gave it a more modern interface, he might suddenly see a huge surge in ZTerm's popularity, as in the old days of BBSing, because a lot of old school BBSers would go flocking to it again. For example, I set up my old school Macintosh-based BBS again for about the third time in April of 2015. Since then, I have acquired almost 250 registered users. So, there is still an interest in BBSing, even if it isn't that big. Some folks miss PC-ANSI, Macintosh-based BBSes. The WordWeaver Armageddon BBS SysOp http://www.armageddonbbs.com telnet: 202.128.4.177, bbs.armageddonbbs.com, armageddonbbs.com

Softwizard

18 July 2012

With the demise of MobileMe, the developer's site and the file download are no longer :(

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Hurrah! A trusty terminal emulation program to access serial ports is back. ZTerm is less expensive and easier to Update (when I upgrade my Mac) than MacWise, better handles the initialization my Radio-Teletype TNCs, and offers all the features I need. Now, I could use a Macro GUI (buttons at the bottom of the screen), although keyboard Macros do well.. Overall, ZTerm gets my nod of approval and endorsement .... hooray!

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OSX 10.7 lion tells me you cant open ztermx becasuse powerpc applications are no longer supported.

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Wow! Boy does this bring back memories! I used to use ZTerm 17 years ago when PC-ANSI based BBSes were all the rage. I particularly enjoyed using the Star Trek sound set with ZTerm. In fact, I started a BBS of my own called The Treasure Trove BBS, which I later renamed the Armageddon BBS. Originally I used the Hermes BBS software; then I switched to Public Address; and then back to Hermes again when Public Address died. Hermes is still supported, and is very slowly being developed. In fact, I STILL run my BBS. You can use ZTerm, ZOC, the Leopard and Snow Leopard terminal, DataComet, SyncTerm, iTerm and a number of other terminal emulators to access it by telneting to: endtimeprophecy.net Or, if you prefer -- although it doesn't work nearly as well -- you can access my BBS via our web page at the following URL: www.endtimeprophecy.net/ArmageddonBBS/

Filipp

07 February 2011

Version: 1.1b7

You can also use screen. For example: screen /dev/tty.PL2303-0000201A 9600 Where "PL2303-0000201A" is dependent on your serial adapter driver and 9600 the baud rate.

A free alternative that you can use from inside the OS X Terminal is called C-Kermit (or just Kermit). It's available from Fink (fink.sf.net) and DarwinPorts (darwinports.opendarwin.org).

Two words, works great, especially for Sun Microsystems workstations!

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