There were other "-comm" programs back in the day, I remember using TeleComm and zComm, and other things, in independent Quarterdeck desqView windows .. there was a period in the late 80's/early 90's where the modem 'terminal/comm' program selection was later reflective in the mid-90's "browser wars" .. I went through a few different 'comm' programs before settling finally on minicom because: linux.

But I'm sure, on one of those floppies in the vast collection on the shelf, there are at least 12 different MSDOS "comm" programs that I tried out, for a while ..