gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) (10/25/90)
Hi. Well, I've tried Handshake, JR-COmm and VLT. Handshake provides the best VT100, althouhg it is still not perfect. I like the features of VLT and JR-Comm. Sadly, none of them have bullet-proof VT100. What is the BEST term (commercial or PD) for the Amiga? I know that this is a religious issue 8-) Thanks, Ralph gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu Ralph Seguin | "You mean THE Zaphod Beeblebrox?" 536 South Forest | Apartment 915 | "No. Haven't you heard, I come in six packs!" Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | (313) 662-4805
dlt@locus.com (Dan Taylor) (10/27/90)
I've been very happy with A-Talk Plus, although OXXI would probably rather I move up to A-Talk III. Make me an offer, OXXI? Anyway, although it's missing AREXX and a couple of new protocols that I wouldn't use (I use kermit to all my UNIX and OS-9/68000 hosts), I like the A-Talk interface, it's quite fast, does an excellent VT100 and Tektronix 4014 emulation, and came with termcap and terminfo files. What I would like is a 38,400 baud rate, though, and maybe a VT240 emulation. Given that, I'd recommend A-Talk III to a new buyer. -- * Dan Taylor * The opinions expressed are my own, and in no way * * dlt@locus.com * reflect those of Locus Computing Corporation. *
papa@uscacsc.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (10/28/90)
In article <dlt.657008354@werth.la.locus.com> dlt@locus.com (Dan Taylor) writes: >I've been very happy with A-Talk Plus, although OXXI would probably >rather I move up to A-Talk III. Make me an offer, OXXI? A-Talk Plus is a 2 & 1/2 years old program, completely superseded by A-Talk III. A-Talk Plus was published by Felsina Software. A-Talk III is published by Oxxi. Inc. They've had a very cheap upgrade path from AT+ tp AT-/// since day one. Call Oxxi at (213)427-1227 for the details. >Anyway, although it's missing AREXX and a couple of new protocols >that I wouldn't use (I use kermit to all my UNIX and OS-9/68000 hosts), A-Talk III was the first commercial comm program to add Arexx support way back in late 1988. It now supports every possible protocol, either internally (X, Y, Y-batch, Y-g, WX, Z modem, kermit) and external XPR protocols (X/Z modem, Kermit, CIS Bplus). >I like the A-Talk interface, it's quite fast, does an excellent VT100 >and Tektronix 4014 emulation, and came with termcap and terminfo files. >What I would like is a 38,400 baud rate, though, and maybe a VT240 >emulation. A-Talk III can send up at speeds up to 57.6K. receive at speeds up to 38K, with hardware handshake. >Given that, I'd recommend A-Talk III to a new buyer. Thanks. -- Marco
vic@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Vic Rattlehead) (11/03/90)
In article <1990Oct24.193628.27590@engin.umich.edu> gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) writes: >Hi. Well, I've tried Handshake, JR-COmm and VLT. Handshake provides >the best VT100, althouhg it is still not perfect. I like the >features of VLT and JR-Comm. Sadly, none of them have bullet-proof >VT100. What is the BEST term (commercial or PD) for the Amiga? >I know that this is a religious issue 8-) A good term program, that seems relatively unknown is Meshugena. Here's a small summary of its good and bad features. Good points: vt220 emulation (the best I've seen) 80/132 column support supports double wide/double size characters, and blinking multiple sessions/windows with uw (similar to dnet) scrollback buffer Windows can be iconified. keyboard is setup right. it's shareware (I believe) Bad points: no file xfer. no printer support (who cares?) no script language bell is only video. cant save scrollback buffer Meshugena is definately worth looking into if you are interested in good emulation. -Vic