nates@sporobolus.NREL.ColoState.EDU (Nate Sammons) (04/11/91)
hey,
I am an AVID user of Modems, and I am purchasing a NeXTstation...
What is there along the lines of Terminal programms, and Modem cables???
I have a good modem, but I am looking for a Program to use it on the NeXT,
and I don't wanna pay for it... i.e Shareware/freeware....
Help, And Thanks in advance,
-Nate Sammons
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+======================================================================+scott@mcs-server.gac.edu (Scott Hess) (04/12/91)
In article <14141@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> nates@sporobolus.NREL.ColoState.EDU (Nate Sammons) writes:
I am an AVID user of Modems, and I am purchasing a NeXTstation...
What is there along the lines of Terminal programms, and Modem cables???
I have a good modem, but I am looking for a Program to use it on the NeXT,
and I don't wanna pay for it... i.e Shareware/freeware....
1) Modem cables for the NeXT are getting easier and easier to come
by. NextConnection has them for certain. Otherwise, the first cable
I ever built was a NextStation-style modem for a 25-pin thingy (hey,
I just built it, I don't know the lingo :-). Sure, I had some help,
but it wasn't that hard . . .
2) As a Shareware author, I guess I sort of have to defend us. Shareware
shouldn't be something you don't pay for - you try it out, and then
either pay for it, or delete it. I'll be the first to admit that it
doesn't always work out that way, but broadcasting an attitude
like that you give above is something that should be stomped out -
it's similar to saying "anyone got a copy of Communicae they can
send me via email?"
3) Use kermit for your modem stuff. It's cheap (ie, free), it's
availiable from many archives in both source and object form, and
it works (which is something that many programs can't say), and it
works with non-NeXT machines, also. Then you can run it within
Terminal, and you need not pay anything. Of course, you get what you
pay for - in this case, you get alot more than you pay for,
but you do lose some integration.
Later,
--
scott hess scott@gac.edu
Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad
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