It's e.g. still very popular with embedded development. One example: u-boot supports it.
It is the easiest way to upload an image to u-boot, as it does use the same terminal, thus there is no need to set up a secondary path; If you can talk with the u-boot CLI, you can also upload with xmodem.
It is the easiest way to upload an image to u-boot, as it does use the same terminal, thus there is no need to set up a secondary path; If you can talk with the u-boot CLI, you can also upload with xmodem.