rtb@ihlpm.UUCP (Todd) (10/15/85)
****** Well, I don't have to be as modest as the person from Mark Of the Unicorn. PC-Intercomm is the finest terminal package I have used on ANY micro-computer, and I use these programs on a day to day basis. A 520ST coupled with a Prometheus Pro-modem (equipped with options board) makes one of the most powerful communications packages you can buy at any price. I have used IBM PC's with all the popular comm programs and none of them comes near the power or convience of PC-Intercomm. The nicest touch is the smooth scrolling feature. To get that on an IBM you will have to spend a lot of money for an EGA graphics adapter (probably more than the cost of an entire 520ST system) and then you would have to wait for some software company to write a comm program to support it. Hats off to Mark of the Unicorn for taking an important step in making the 520ST a serious contender in the micro market. R.T. Bradstrum
hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/22/85)
>The nicest touch is the smooth >scrolling feature. To get that on an IBM you will have to spend >a lot of money for an EGA graphics adapter (probably more than the >cost of an entire 520ST system) and then you would have to wait >for some software company to write a comm program to support it. but, why would you want it? smooth crawl is slow!
turner@saber.UUCP (D'arc Angel) (10/28/85)
> > >The nicest touch is the smooth > >scrolling feature. To get that on an IBM you will have to spend > > but, why would you want it? smooth crawl is slow! jump scroll, contrary to its name, is not supposed to make the whole screen ^^^^^ jump, as it does on the PC!!!! -- god bless Lily St. Cyr -Rocky Horror Picture Show Name: James Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-9400 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!negami!turner