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From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng)
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Subject: Re: Call these BBS
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Date: 5 Jun 90 13:36:36 GMT
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In article <25116@usc.edu>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes...
^In article <2514@zipeecs.umich.edu> bagchi@sparky.eecs.umich.edu (Ranjan Bagchi) writes:
^> I once came across a pirated copy of ATALK III,took a look at it,
^	 ^^^^^^^^^^^
^You "came across"?  Gee, are you *afraid* to say you "pirated" it?  Or maybe 
^you should have said that a "friend gave it to you"? Some people we'll go to
^no extent to cover their tracks :-)

You don't release a demo version of ATalk do you?  I'd like to see it before I
purchase it.  Actually I'd like to see any package before I buy them since some
expensive games/applications are real peices of junk.

Perhaps pirateing would happen less if crippled demo versions were readily
available to the users (like Xanth or various BBS). 

^ 
^-- Marco

BTW:  You mentioned that you have a full Tek4105/4107 emulator written but not
released it because no company  has bought it yet.  I take it to mean that
ATalk III does not fully support these modes.  What advantages does ATalk have
over handshake (VT220 Emulator) and VLT (limited 4105 emulation)?  

Also, is it possible to buy a copy of your TEK emulator?  Possibly a site 
licence as well if my project elects to buy Amigas over real TEK terminals
(which are damned expensive).  I have to sell the idea of Amigas first but this
is becomming impossible because I can't get certain applications to run
correctly on VLT (actually the application wants a TEK 4111 but I've been
tweaking the parameters enough to get by on the brain damaged VersTerm Pro
TEK4107 emulation).

Anybody have a commerical or PD/Shareware product out there that can help? 
I'll gladly sink $50-$100 of my own cash to get them to buy Amigas.

NT

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