moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (05/04/88)
In article <6445@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> dfs059@Mipl3.JPL.Nasa.Gov writes: >I have tried a number of terminal emulators, and the only one I have >been happy with is VersaTerm, by Lonnie Abelbeck. It supports the >pass-thru you mentioned, is the most faithful vt100 emulator I have >seen, and best of all, is very well supported. Each new version that >comes our way seems to have every feature we were hoping would get >added. I spend 8 hours a day in VersaTerm (ah, the wonders of >multi-finder and multiple monitors!), and am extremely happy with it. Ditto on everything above. I just got Rev. 3.2, and the two complaints I had with it have been corrected -- Auto-Redial now recognizes BUSY and other Hayes modem responses, and it runs in the background, which means I can set my Mac to Attack Modem status and go write Mother's Day letters in Word. 3.2 also has improved MultiFinder capability; Y-Modem; a ton of Kermit parameters; a flag for making the program go local temporarily; Remote file transfer (haven't read up on this, but it seems that if you have a Mac running unattended with VersaTerm 3.2 and a modem set up for auto answer, you can call up from another Mac and do file transfer using this. Looks boss.); default save folders (instead of volumes); option of express file-transfer (no CRC checks); vt100 fonts; auto-zoom in MultiFinder (anytime you put VT in the background, it automatically zooms into a tiny window near the trash can. Move it to the foreground, and it resumes it's normal size). And probably some stuff I've forgotten. I use it about four hours a day, and it is the single most useful (and most-used) program I've got for the Mac. "In the handbook, it says that most people ignore the strange and unusual; while I myself *am*... strange and unusual." --- Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer INTERNET: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM Manual UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty CREDO: You gotta be Cruel to be Kind... <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>
jts@demon.siemens-rtl (Jim Sasaki) (05/05/88)
In article <3645@fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes: > (Versaterm 3.2 also has) auto-zoom in MultiFinder (anytime you put VT in the > background, it automatically zooms into a tiny window near the trash can. > Move it to the foreground, and it resumes its normal size). VT also auto-zooms the window when it's doing file transfers, which I really like. Also, you can tell VT *not* to auto-zoom, which is useful if you're working on a big screen. The only time I don't use VersaTerm is when I use UW (so that I can multiplex different sessions on my one terminal line). -- Jim Sasaki (jts%siemens.com@princeton.edu) -------------------- Any opinions above are my own and not necessarily those of Siemens RTL, for whom I consult.
thomas@uvabick.UUCP (Thomas Fruin) (05/06/88)
Jeff Meyer writes: > 3.2 also has [...] Remote file transfer (haven't read up on this, but it > seems that if you have a Mac running unattended with VersaTerm 3.2 and a > modem set up for auto answer, you can call up from another Mac and do > file transfer using this. This is also potentially very dangerous! I've just been reading the specs, and it turns out _anybody_ can dial into your Mac, and download just about everything on your (hard) disks. VersaTerm does NOT prompt you for a pass- word, and you can even use wildcards when downloading. Since you can type any pathname, the remote volume is up for grabs. You can turn off this option by unchecking the 'Enable Remote File Access' option in the everexpanding Extras dialog, but hear this: by default (right out of the box) this option is ENABLED... OK ok, dialing in still requires a modem connected in auto answer mode, but this is still leaving the back door wide open. I recommend everybody turning this option OFF now, including Lonnie Abelbeck if he is listening. One last thing: the caller can also upload. I haven't checked yet if that lets people overwrite any file on your remotely accessible volume. It would be the most silent way to install a virus :) -- Thomas Fruin fruin@hlerul5.BITNET University of Leiden thomas@uvabick.UUCP University of Amsterdam hol0066.AppleLink 2:512/114.FidoNet The Netherlands