tmyers@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Tim Myers) (05/08/91)
In the latest issue of MacUser, there is an ad for a terminal program that I've yet to see discussed on the net. It's called PacerTerm, from Pacer Software, and the ad says that the program offers VT100/320 emulation, Mac comm toolbox stuff, hypertalk-like scripting, several file transfer protocol methods ... in short, it sounds good. Anybody using it? If so, others here might be interested as well. Tim -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Myers | BITNET: MYERST@OUACCVMB Ohio University | INTERNET: tmyers@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------
drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Douglas Renze) (05/08/91)
I'm not using it, but I have a few questions:
1) How much does it run?
2) Does it support ZModem?
3) Who makes it?
If anybody can answer these questions by Friday, I'd be much obliged--I lose my
usenet access for the summer Saturday.
Thanx in advance.
--
Douglas J Renze internet: drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
delphi: drenzematt@pacvax.UUCP (Matt Kingman) (05/09/91)
In article <3332@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> tmyers@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Tim Myers) writes: > In the latest issue of MacUser, there is an ad for a terminal program > that I've yet to see discussed on the net... Well, the ad hit the streets a *little* sooner than we expected. The "offical" product announcement is still a couple of weeks away. ;-) PacerTerm is a new product from Pacer Software that will bring terminal emulation into the '90's. PacerTerm fully supports the Macintosh Communications Toolbox so you can use any CTB compatible Terminal, File Transfer, and Connection tools. We supply tools for VT320, VT102 and TTY emulation, LAT, TCP/IP-Telnet, Modem, Serial, and PacerLink connections, and FTP, Kermit, Xmodem, Zmodem, and PacerLink file transfers (with more to come at a later date). It supports multiple simultaneous terminal sessions each in their own window, scrollback area, user-programmable SoftKeys, and user-configurable KeyMappings. If you want to build friendly front-ends to online services and host applications, use your knowlege of HyperTalk to script a Macintosh interface. It's easy, even for those who are not HyperTalk-fluent, using PacerTerm's built-in script development system with integral help. PacerTerm is System 7 compatible, 32-bit clean, and it supports the required AppleEvents. Suggested retail price is $249 and it will be available directly from us or it will be available via your favorite mail order houses (ie. MacConnection, etc.) real soon. Expected FCS is June 1st. If there are any specific questions, please send email and I'll be happy to reply. Thanks for your interest. /Matt --- Matt Kingman Macintosh Software Engineer Pacer Software Inc. Disclaimer: Yes, I work for Pacer Software and yes, I did work on PacerTerm, so yes, that makes my opinions biased. My advice to you? Try it, you'll like it...
ari@Mordor.Stanford.EDU (Ari Ollikainen) (05/09/91)
...but will it do telnet and FTP over SLIP/ppp ?
teague@Apple.COM (Terry Teague) (05/09/91)
In article <5951@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Douglas Renze) writes: >I'm not using it, but I have a few questions: > 1) How much does it run? > 2) Does it support ZModem? > 3) Who makes it? > >If anybody can answer these questions by Friday, I'd be much obliged--I lose my >usenet access for the summer Saturday. > >Thanx in advance. > >-- >Douglas J Renze internet: drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu > delphi: drenze PacerTerm is by Pacer Software. I don't know the cost. Since it uses the Communciations Toolbox, it will support ZMODEM etc when there are ZMODEM etc tools available for the CTB. The big feature of PacerTerm is supposed to be its scripting language. The program is currently in beta test (no I wasn't lucky enough to be a beta tester). -- +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Terry Teague (WWIV Mac BBS) |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | Internet: teague@apple.COM CompuServe: 76354,324 | | UUCP: {sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!teague GENIE: TEAGUE1 | | Applelink: Teague.T MCI: 279-2400 (SSI) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
macpkh@meediv.lanl.gov (Peter K. Haase) (05/10/91)
I have been using a Beta version of PacerTerm for about two weeks. I have been using Pacers PacerShare and Pacerlink which turns a VAX/VMS into a Appleshare File Server and allows you to establish terminal sessions with a host. The drawback with Pacerlink was that the host had to be running Pacerlink on the target machine to allow terminal sessions so PacerTerm is far better in that you don't have to have Pacerlink running on the Host system. We purchased a 50 session user license for PacerShare and PacerLink but it is somewhat limiting in the terminal sessions that you can have with non Pacerlink Hosts so the new product is a big improvement. One other note of interest is that I have been doing Appleshare mounts on our VAX for quite some time but have recently also been doing NFS mounts using NFS/Share (Intercon) on the MAC and Multinet TCP/IP NFS (TGV) on the VAX and have seen significant speed increases. Probabaly 2X as fast. There are some other benefits as well. We will probably switch from using Appletalk for VMS and AppleShare and go to NFS------Much less hassle, cheaper and faster. Peter K. Haase Mechanical Electrical Engineering Division 505-667-2684