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From: chuckb@hounix.UUCP (Chuck Bentley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Ideal PC terminal program for use with Xenix/Unix?
Summary: Another alternative
Message-ID: <3266@hounix.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 89 03:45:43 GMT
References: <22233@looking.on.ca> <562@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Organization: Houston UNIX Users Group
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In article <562@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
> In article <22233@looking.on.ca>, brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
> 
> |  The following things would be desirable
> |  	a) speed -- support 9600 bps on a PC.  (19.2 would be nice,
> |  		but I have yet to see one that will do this on
> |  		a PC, other than by lots of buffering and ctrl-s)

Easily accomplished.

> .
> .
> |  
> |  	b) multiscreens
> 
> |  	c) scancode mode -- like a WYSE, so that it can be used with
> |  		vp/ix etc.

Doesn't need vp/ix.  A unix version exists.

> |  
> |  	d) Some efficient smart mode that has a standard termcap.  While
> |  	   ANSI would be nice, I would rather have a usable non-ansi that
> |  	   goes 19.2 or 9600 than an ANSI that goes more slowly.

Emulates VT100 and still does high speed.

> |  
> |  	e) The ability to map \ to shift for those good feeling, but
> 

A program to modify DOS to do this is included with ZCOMM, a shareware
program that has most all the features you mention.

I use Pro-Yam (ZCOMM's big brother) on my AT under both DOS and XENIX. 
I started out with ZCOMM and liked it so much I moved up to Pro-Yam.  I
can't say enough good things about either product.

The author, Chuck Forsberg has been refining this since CP/M days
(before DOS and the IBM PC). 

You can contact him at caf@omen.UUCP.  I just saw an article from him a
moment ago in comp.unix.xenix, so I know he monitors this area.  How
about it Chuck, isn't it time to let these people know about
Pro-Yam/ZCOMM again?

By the way, I'm just a satisified customer, not a principal or employee.

		Chuck...