HyperACCESS (sometimes known as HyperTerminal) is a family of terminal emulation software by
Hilgraeve
Hilgraeve is a software firm based in Monroe, Michigan, and is best known for its HyperTerminal Private Edition and HyperACCESS programs. In earlier years, HyperTerminal had been licensed for use by Microsoft in versions of Windows ranging from ...
. A version of HyperACCESS called HyperTerminal is included in some versions of Windows.
History
It was the first software product from Hilgraeve, and it was initially designed to let 8-bit
Heath
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computers communicate over a modem. In 1985, this same product was ported to
IBM PC
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s and compatible systems, as well as Heath/Zenith's
Z-100 non-PC-compatible
MS-DOS
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computer. Over the years, the same version of this technology would be ported to other operating systems, including
OS/2
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,
Windows 95
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and
Windows NT
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The first version of Wi ...
. 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, to