HyperACCESS

HyperACCESS is the name for a number of successive computer communications software, made by Hilgraeve.

It was the first software product from Hilgraeve, and it was initially designed to let 8-bit Heath computers communicate over a modem. In 1985 this same product was ported to IBM PCs and compatible systems. Over the years the same version of this technology would be ported to other operating systems including OS/2, Windows 95 and Windows NT. It has earned a total of five Editor's Choice awards from PC Magazine.

In 1995 Hilgraeve licensed a low-end version of HyperACCESS, known as HyperTerminal (essentially a "Lite" version) to Microsoft for use in their set of communications utilities. It was initially bundled with Windows 95, and subsequently all versions of Windows up to and including Windows XP. Windows Vista and Windows 7 do not include HyperTerminal, though the commercial product HyperTerminal Private Edition (latest version being 7.0) does support Vista. HyperACCESS will release version 9.0 in early 2010 - this will support Vista and OS/7 and have SSH functionality.

Hilgraeve's health care assets were purchased by Covisint in February, 2008.

Protocols supported

• Display: Minitel, Viewdata, VT100, VT52
• File transfer: ASCII, Kermit (protocol), XMODEM, YMODEM/YMODEM-G, and ZMODEM.

See also

• HyperFont

External links

• Hilgraeve company website
• Configuring Hyperterminal for Serial Communication