morgan@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Dylan Kaufman) (03/23/91)
I got a number of responses to my query regarding small modem
programs. I had asked for information on a program which would give
me three basic things: terminal emulation of vt100, terminal mode
control of the modem, and DSZ file transfer capabilities.
The two programs which were mentioned (I think one person might have
mentioned a third, but I don't remember) were {Commo} and RBComm.
Both of these are very small. Commo requires about 64K with DESQView
and includes a macro language. RBComm requires 45K if you don't have
transfers set up and 65K if you do. It will run seamlessly in
DESQView and functions with both DSZ and PUMA perfectly.
RBComm seems to have better vt100 capabilities than {Commo}, as when I
tried {Commo} for myself, my emacs screens were a little screwy. That
could possibly have been the settings, but I am not sure. RBComm does
vt100 automatically with the default emulation of ANSI. It also comes
with a special termcap (except that the author forgot to include it in
the 3.3 distribution file) which is slightly better to use than the
vt100 termcap.
I also like the RBComm macro language better. I actually don't have
reasons for disliking {Commo} that I can remember. I only tried it
briefly, and when I tried RBComm, I liked it so much I didn't bother
trying to compare it to {Commo} any further.
Thank you to all of you who responded either on the net or by email.
-<>Dylan<>- MA EMT-M, CA EMT-1A, BEMCo 107
Dylan Kaufman Major in Computer Science
morgan@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
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