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
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> 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).

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Larry Snyder                               uucp:iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry
The Northern Star Usenet Distribution Site                   Notre Dame, IN USA