[comp.sys.atari.st] CIS B, VAX/VMS software.......

K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET.UUCP (02/11/87)

>>...Also, Beckemeyer Development Tools has just announced AnsiTerm.......
>>...... and will run in the background, allowing you to perform other tasks
>>while you download/upload.                             |_________________|
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                                                         Watch your telephone
                                                         bill go up?
 
Seriously, what use is this? The only speeds at which this could work resonably
well is 300/1200 baud. Look at Flash etc. these programs are going flat out
from about 4800 baud upward to get an acceptable transfer rate, at  300/1200
baud you are probably using a telephone and paying for it--> so you don't
want to have to retransmit a packet just because you just started loading a
large file from disk or something else which takes over the machine.
 
                               Simon Poole
 
PS if you want to have this CIS B protocol in UniTerm, what about sending me
   a protocol description.....I might build it in to UniTerm.