AlphaCom

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AlphaCom
Developer(s) OmniCom Technologies
Initial release1999;24 years ago (1999)
Stable release
9.0 / 2015 (2015)
Platform Windows, OS X
Type Terminal emulator
License Proprietary
Website OmniCom Technologies

AlphaCom is a commercial SSH, Telnet and RS-232/modem client and terminal emulator by OmniCom Technologies. [1] It is a Windows product [2] but has been known to also run on Linux via emulation. [3]

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History

AlphaCom is a GUI-based RS-232/modem, Telnet and SSH client and terminal emulator. The earliest known version was released in 1999. [4] It was previously part of a line of networking software which included a remote desktop client called winShadow, a Telnet server called AlphaServ, and a remote printing product called AlphaLPD. [5] [6] The company now offers only AlphaCom and AlphaLPD. [7] All of the above are commercialware.

Features

OmniCom Technologies has further information on their web site.

Compatibility

AlphaCom runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. It also runs on the Windows Server series of operating systems. [8] An experimental version for macOS was made available in January 2016. [9]

Popularity

AlphaCom is a popular choice among system and network administrators. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] A free trial of AlphaCom is available. [8] The trial version is valid for 30 days.

See also

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