Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!hoptoad!peora!tarpit!bilver!jwt!john From: john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Communications Programs Message-ID: <364@jwt.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 89 18:09:24 GMT Reply-To: john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) Organization: John W. Temples, III -- Orlando, FL Lines: 20 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 scroll-back feature. On the positive side, TERM does have a powerful scripting language which could probably be used to implement some of these features, but at the premium price, I don't want to have to do the work myself! I tried compiling Pcomm (version 2), but it seemed to want to dump core at random places, and I haven't taken the time to try to debug it. Can this program be made to work on the 286? -- John Temples -- UUCP: uunet!jwt!john or {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd}!peora!rtmvax!bilver!jwt!john