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From: MJB@cup.portal.com (Martin J Brown-Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: QUERY: Reviews of telecommunication packages for Win3.0
Message-ID: <32975@cup.portal.com>
Date: 19 Aug 90 04:27:00 GMT
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(I have laptops, amigas, 386's, hayes modems, acccounts on bix, genie,
ci$, pcpursuit, and have used about 12-15 comm programs over the years).

Unless you need to connect only to one site (mainframe?), and rarely
explore telecommunication services of varying natures...

DON'T BUY CROSSTALK FOR WINDOWS!

This program is just about the worst piece of comm soft I have ever
run across.  To my mind, the overall design/setup  is pitiful.  
You can't even give AT commands (while not NOT connected) without
going thru a bunch of menu gyrations to get in and out of local mode.

sheesh!

Unless XTalk has some feature you can't find elsewhere, don't spend
your money on it.

                            - MJB -

P.S. I also have a PLINK account... sorry Harv   ;->