Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: Communications Programs Summary: Communications under Unix Message-ID: <111030@nstar.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 89 23:45:48 GMT References: <364@jwt.UUCP> Organization: The Northern Star, Notre Dame, IN, USA Lines: 17 > Does anyone know of a nice communications program that will run under > 286 and/or 386 Microport? I just bought a copy of TERM after reading a > glowing review in Unix World which indicated that it was comparable to > ProComm from the DOS world. I was very disappointed. At more than > three times the price of ProComm, TERM is no where near as functional > or easy to use. Only two popular file transfer protocols are supported > (Kermit and Xmodem); there's no "point and shoot" dialing directory; no I had the same problems with Pcomm (version 2) both under Interactive 2.02 and SCO Xenix (2.3.1). Since then I picked up a copy of Pro-Yam and it is excellent. Pro Yam does everything that I could ever want under Xenix (and yes, there is a version of Unix V5). -- Larry Snyder uucp:iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry The Northern Star Usenet Distribution Site Notre Dame, IN USA