Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!hpda!hpsmtc1!kwallich
From: kwallich@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Ken Wallich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: mac II communications
Message-ID: <11540079@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Date: 9 Dec 87 18:39:24 GMT
References: <164500072@uiucdcsb>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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>Has anyone found a communications program with vt100 emulation for
>the mac II which will: 1) use the entire screen, and 2) use a larger font
>than Red Ryder 9.4? Thanks.


>Eisuke Muroga
>University of Illinois
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YES!  The newest version of Smartcom (gosh I forgot the version number,
anyone else know?).  It has a resizable text window, and the old icon
buttons on the bottom, are now their own window, and can be moved and
flipped (horizontal or vertical).  It's the only communications program
I have found which has NEVER crashed on my MacII.  MacTerm2.0, RR9.4, T+(
a compuserve joke), and some others I tried bomed doing various things
(usually a data transfer :-(( ).  It supports only Xmodem transfers, however
it support FAST Xmodem (no error checking), and 1k Block transfers.  It
has "scripts" to do things like log you onto your machine, and it knows
about the new keys on the extended keyboard (my control and escape keys
work WITHOUT using quickkeys!!!).

Highly recommended.  It may not be the fastest, or have every spiffy feature,
buts its quite RELIABLE.  Something I find convenient when doing those 300k
transfers at 2am...


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