oovvoo@mixcom.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) (11/29/90)
A week or so ago, someone mentioned that a new version of Handshake (the terminal emulator) was announced in some magazine, and said to be available on People*Link or some such place. I've been watching the postings in all of the comp.sys.amiga.* groups, but haven't seen any followups. (I've also been checking in abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov every day or so, with no luck so far...) So, was this a real announcement, or was it a hoax, or isn't anyone in this newsgroup active on People*Link? Or did I dream up the whole thing? BTW, Handshake has always been one of my favorite programs (I have version 2.12). I'd use it more "if only" it had zmodem (and ARexx, and ... :-) Seriously, since I do part of my work on a VAX under VMS, I really appreciate the completeness of his emulation of a VT100/220, but the terminal program I use the most right now is ATalkIII (hi Marco :-), which I also like a lot, but it seems that the major challenge in using AT3 is keeping up with the updates (I'm hopelessly out of date with version 1.2, but I've already upgraded at least 3 times since 1.0c, and I'm getting tired of all of those $8.00 or $10.00 checks. But, I still appreciate that the program IS getting enhanced & upgraded periodically. It'd be nice if there were some way to subscribe to an update service at a lower cost...) Thanks in advance if someone can help me locate this beast, whatever the new version number is (seems to me it's something like 2.20b) - Mike -- - Mike Shawaluk | If you turn it over, but don't let go, oovvoo@mixcom.UUCP | you will be upside down.
hb136@leah.albany.edu (Herb Brown) (11/29/90)
In article <39@mixcom.UUCP> oovvoo@mixcom.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) writes: >A week or so ago, someone mentioned that a new version of Handshake (the >terminal emulator) was announced in some magazine, and said to be available >......... So, was this a real announcement, or was it a hoax >......... Or did I dream up the whole thing? > > - Mike >-- > - Mike Shawaluk | If you turn it over, but don't let go, > oovvoo@mixcom.UUCP | you will be upside down. June 12 1990 ****************************************************************** From eric@haberfellner.UUCP Tue Jun 12 16:28:16 1990 Path: leah!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!attcan!telly!robohack!hybrid!becker!haberfellner!eric From: eric@haberfellner.UUCP (Eric Haberfellner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Handshake Message-ID: <00305.AA00305@haberfellner.UUCP> Date: 12 Jun 90 20:28:16 GMT Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Lines: 19 Expires: Keywords: Gosh, all these nice words about HandShake. I have a news version almost ready to release. AREXX support, and external protocols, and printer support, as well as serial devices other than serial.device. Should be out in a month or so. Just checking compatibility with AmigaDos 2.0 at the moment. Other goodies as well, can't remember them all at the moment. Eric Haberfellner (author of Handshake as well as other things). -- ============================================================================== This Message brought to you by Eric Haberfellner ____ ...utgpu!mnetor!becker!haberfellner!eric | | | | | | Via Loftus UUCP running on an Amiga 1000. |___ __ __ |___| | |_| | / | | "The amazing thing about a dancing dog is not how | | \ | \__ | | well it dances, but that it dances at all" |___ | |o **************************************************************************** Now that I re-think your message, perhaps each of us is dreaming!! Eh Eric?? Herb -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brown Math Dept The Univ at Albany Albany, NY 12222 (518) 442-4640 hibrown@leah.albany.edu or hibrown@cs.albany.edu or hb136@ALBNYVMS.BITNET ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
dtiberio@libws3.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (11/30/90)
I also read the announcement for Handshake 2.20, and copied down the PLINK code number and downloaded it. It seems that the Amiga World PD guide is listing version 2.12a....that is what I got after my download two nights ago. :)
hrlaser@crash.cts.com (Harv Laser) (12/01/90)
In article <1990Nov29.183625.1645@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@libws3.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes: > >I also read the announcement for Handshake 2.20, and copied down the PLINK >code number and downloaded it. It seems that the Amiga World PD guide is >listing version 2.12a....that is what I got after my download two nights ago. > >:) Thought I explained this before. I'll explain it again.... When I was writing the Telecomm article for the Dec. Amiga World I checked with Eric Haberfellner (author of Handshake) concerning a new 2.20b version I had heard about from Leo Schwab. Eric gave me its features list and when I told him when the article would be on newsstands he indicated to me that 2.20b would most likely be out by then. This turned out not to be the case. The newest version we have on Plink is still 2.12a which is what you would've downloaded "two nights ago" however your message sounds as though you were somehow deluded into believing you were downloading 2.20b and only realized it was 2.12a after you finished downloading it? The file header and description for Handshake online on Plink CLEARLY indicates it is version 2.12a. And that's the file number listed in my AW article (which was added by their editors along with file names or numbers for other services). 2.20b, if that turns out to be the version number Eric decides to use for the next release of his program, will be on Plink as soon as he decides it's done and releases it to the public. Lest anyone else be confused by what's in my article, ATalk III is now at version 1.3e. Just goes to show how often some Amiga software gets upgraded and the version number revved but when you're working with the 3-month lead time imposed by most magazines you do the best you can with the facts you can get at the time. Harv Laser {anywhere}!crash!hrlaser "Park and lock it. Not responsible." People/Link: CBM*HARV