[comp.sys.apple] apple //e smartmodem software needed

SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (12/06/88)

>I have an apple //e , 64k, which has a Hayes micromodem (110/300 baud)
>in slot 2.  It came ( years ago when this was state of the art ) with
>the smartcom program.  This program does a wonderful job of emulating
>a tty ( pretty neat, huh ), but I would like to be able to pretend
>I was at a real terminal so that I could do things with full-screen
>editing (like emacs) .
>I found a couple of public domain terminal emulators through friends,
>but they all are based on a system which has a serial card with an
>external modem.
>Is there an easy way to pretend that the micromodem is a serial card
>and external modem.

Apple Kermit supports the Hayes Micromodem although you'll probably be
less than enamoured of EMACS (or any other full screen processor) at
300 baud :-)

You can get Kermit 3.84 by ftp from CUNIXC.CC.Columbia.EDU or by mailing
a SEND APP384.* command to KERMSRV@CUVMA

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