[net.micro.amiga] ElTerm Review

perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) (12/06/85)

I just got my pre-release version  of ELCom's ElTerm data communications
package. I've seen and used MaxiCom and when the creators of MaxiCom see
ElTerm, they'll wish they had learned how to program.

ElTerm has both KERMIT and XMODEM built in. It offers as complete an ansi
terminal emulation as the AMIGA does. Also, other terminal emulations are
included. And...to make the terminal emulations  complete...the  keyboard
is fully reprogrammable using AMIGADos's keymap routines. Remapping  also
allows command strings to be loaded into the AMIGA function keys.

I've been happily up and down loading files using KERMIT getting an aggre-
gate baud rate of around 800 baud with a 1200 baud modem. Not too shabby.
ElCom put out TERM+ and KERMIT64. Both are distributed free with commodore
modems. ElTerm, alas, will not be free (but close). The price will be
around 50 dollars.

ElCom seems to be doing things right. Even distributing termcap and terminfo
entries tailored for the 80 x 25 emulations ElTerm offers.

For more information I'd write to

			ElCom Software
			16 Oak St. #2
			New Brunswick, N.J. 08901
							Perry

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These opinions are my own and unsolicited from ElCom.