sigma@pawl.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) (03/22/90)
Could someone who has Telemate put it up somewhere for FTP (simtel20 or grape or uwasa), so we could get some independent reviews before putting it on cbip? I'm quite pleased with Telix in most respects, but I'm always open to new possibilities. Kevin Martin sigma@pawl.rpi.edu
ggray@wpi.wpi.edu (Gary P Gray) (03/22/90)
In article <SAB#!J%@rpi.edu> sigma@pawl.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) writes: >Could someone who has Telemate put it up somewhere for FTP (simtel20 or >grape or uwasa), so we could get some independent reviews before putting >it on cbip? I'm quite pleased with Telix in most respects, but I'm always >open to new possibilities. It is already on simtel. PD2:<MSDOS2.MODEM> TM200-1.ARC etc are the files (I believe this to be the correct version, since the sencond file is TM200-2A.ARC) I tried it. It's nice, but it has one major drawback in my opinion. It runs like molasses on my 4.77 Mhz XT. Actually, it's the terminal output that is so slow, the editor and such pop up quite nicely, the mouse behaves great and so forth, but the text from the modem is just to slow and "jumpy" for my taste. I'd probably use it if I had a 12Mhz AT or maybe even a turbo XT. Notice, I only played with it an hour or so; when it became apparent that the terminal emulator was slow I gave up on it, so don't take this as a very strong endorsement. I just think that this program is a viable alternative to using a comm program and an editor under Windows or Desqview. -- -- WARNING!!! The above opinions may be HAZARDOUS or FATAL if swallowed!!! -- This has only been a test. Had these | Gary Gray -- ggray@wpi.wpi.edu been real opinions you would have been | GEnie: GGRAY6 told who to sue by your local lawyers. |
george@shumv1.uucp (George Browning) (03/23/90)
In article <10029@wpi.wpi.edu> ggray@wpi.wpi.edu (Gary P Gray) writes: >I tried it. It's nice, but it has one major drawback in my opinion. It runs >like molasses on my 4.77 Mhz XT. Actually, it's the terminal output that is so >slow, the editor and such pop up quite nicely, the mouse behaves great and so >forth, but the text from the modem is just to slow and "jumpy" for my taste. >I'd probably use it if I had a 12Mhz AT or maybe even a turbo XT. Notice, I've found the opposite on the machines I've tried. Telemate seemed a lot snappier in the terminal window than both Procomm and Qmodem, although I've never tried it on a 4.77 machine. - Jeff _____________________________________________________________________ | George Browning North Carolina State University | | george@shumv1.ncsu.edu Raleigh, NC | |___________________________________________________________________|
w8sdz@smoke.BRL.MIL (Keith Petersen) (03/23/90)
In article <SAB#!J%@rpi.edu> sigma@pawl.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) writes: >Could someone who has Telemate put it up somewhere for FTP (simtel20 or >grape or uwasa), so we could get some independent reviews before putting >it on cbip? I'm quite pleased with Telix in most respects, but I'm always >open to new possibilities. Telemate 2.00A is already on SIMTEL20. Directory PD2:<MSDOS2.MODEM> Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== TM200-1.ARC B 115747 900113 TeleMate background comm with edit v2.00, 1of3 TM200-2A.ARC B 228024 900113 TeleMate background comm with edit v2.00, 2of3 TM200-3.ARC B 174146 900113 TeleMate background comm with edit v2.00, 3of3 Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC, & CP/M archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil, w8sdz@brl.mil BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1 Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz
ash@mlacus.oz (Ash Nallawalla) (03/23/90)
I hope someone in North America can submit the above Canadian shareware package to cbip, as I believe that it has many improvements over Telix, such as: Local editor, ability to pick text and quote it into an outgoing message (a la unix mailers), script learning mode, EMS support (registered version only) etc. The main advantage is that the author actually replies to mail. My PC user group arranged a bulk registration at a 40% discount, and to date we got over 130 orders. By contrast, our response rate from the author of telix has been poor. I am willing to elaborate in private mail but not here. No doubt that Telix will catch up with Telemate and bypass it for a while, but it is the better program. Note that version 2.00A is an update from 2.00, in case you have the earlier version. Our user group, like some others, encourages registration of shareware, and often we get discounts. Even in the days when Vern Buerg's LIST utility was true public domain we asked for donations from members and sent him about US$600. Some shareware authors don't play the game and don't acknowledge registrations. I advise our group members not to register such software. Ash Nallawalla, Editor PC Update, Melbourne PC User group Inc -- ============================================================================= Ash Nallawalla Tel: +61 3 823-1959 Fax: +61 3 820-1434 ZL4LM/VK3CIT Postal: P.O. Box 539, Werribee VIC 3030, Australia.
LC.YRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton) (03/23/90)
In article <1990Mar22.164148.19865@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, george@shumv1.uucp (George Browning) writes: > I've found the opposite on the machines I've tried. Telemate seemed >a lot snappier in the terminal window than both Procomm and Qmodem, >although I've never tried it on a 4.77 machine. This is not really relevant, but at least it's about the same program. I have just tried TELEMATE (I think it's version 2.00, since that's what the documentation says - I got it from SIMTEL). I like the multitasking feature a lot. However, I shall continue to use KERMIT as my main comm. program, as the VT102 terminal emulation is better. Using a program called "SWING" on a VAX machine, which produces straight lines on a true VT100 / VT102 or under KERMIT, I found odd looking characters appearing on the screen when I tried TELEMATE. I've also noticed this with the PCTOOLS VT102 emulation. It looks like a lot of so-called VT100 / VT102 emulators are missing something. KERMIT has never given me any problems at all. Richard Stanton