STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) (12/17/90)
Is Talk Is Cheap public domain, shareware, or commercial? Is it available from any archives? __________________________________________________________ | | | Alan H. Stein | stein@uconnvm.bitnet | | Department of Mathematics | | | University of Connecticut | Compu$erve 71545,1500 | | 32 Hillside Avenue | GEnie ah.stein | | Waterbury, CT 06710 | SNET (203) 757-1231 | |__________________________________________________________|
dpalermo@aludra.usc.edu (Dan Palermo) (12/18/90)
STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) writes: > > Is Talk Is Cheap public domain, shareware, or commercial? Is it available >from any archives? > Talk is Cheap (TIC) was previously shareware, but is now a commercial product. I have seen it available from various mail order houses and is definitely worth the price (~$30->$40). I have been using it for quite some time now and have really been happy with it. It is capable of Xmodem, Ymodem, ASCII Express Prodos transfers, and straight text. I still use Kermit for kermit transfers (makes sense) by quitting TIC (without losing the connection) and hopping into Kermit. I like it because all commands are very easy to access (open apple-key) and the user scripting language is quite flexible, allowing macros to be established (closed apple-key). It also supports about a dozen different terminal emulations (vt52 is the most useful) through a 1-byte filter (this is the reason why it doesn't do vt100, wyse50, etc). Overall, TIC is a very lightweight, easy to use communication program and I would highly recommend it. If you would like to contact the author directly, his address is: Donald R Elton Carolina System Software 3207 Berkely Forest Dr Columbia, SC 29209-4111 Hope this helps, Dan Palermo dpalermo@usc.edu
GRAY@ADMIN.HumberC.ON.CA (Kelly Gray) (12/19/90)
Talk is Cheap is now a commercial program. It used to be shareware, but that
changed as of version 3.1
TIC is published by Q-Labs, Inc. You can reach them at (313) 331-0941
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