Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ncar!tank!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!ferris From: ferris@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Richard Ferris) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: YTERM and DESQview Summary: Use something else Message-ID: <15123@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 4 Oct 89 22:33:17 GMT References: <89268.151345DLV101@PSUVM.BITNET> <275@bmers58.UUCP> <10698@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: ferris@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Richard Ferris) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 34 In article <10698@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall) writes: >In article geer@cardinal.yalecs.edu (John Y. Geer) writes: >>YTERM is an IBM PC based terminal package written at Yale and distributed >>by the Yale Computer Center. [Frankly, I think it sucks.] It supports >>key redefinition and a fast file transfer (YTRANS). It seems to be >>used best with our VM/CMS system that has a large PC archive. I seem >>to recall that it even supports the APL character set. >> >> john y. > > FAST file transfer? ... > Avoid YTERM at all costs. I agree that Yterm has a very slow file transfer. I have found that ProcommPlus is very good for VM/CMS systems. First it has a special emulator just for VM/CMS (3270/950). Second, it has a bunch of other good stuff which Yterm lacks (as do most telecomm packages). Finally, if you have Kermit on the VM/CMS system you can easily do Kermit filetransfers with either the built-in Kermit or by callin MSKermit as an external file transfer protocol. I have also heard that people use MSKermit alone as their comm package with the VM system. Obviously you could do file transfers within that system. RF Richard T. Ferris ferris@eniac.seas.upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania