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From: amiga@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Boing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: comm programs
Message-ID: <9664@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Date: 3 Oct 90 05:40:38 GMT
References: <2053@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> <1990Oct1.062551.6144@agora.uucp> <14803@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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In article <14803@cbmvax.commodore.com> bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson) writes:
)>
)>	I actually believe he's talking about the Commercial program called
)>A-Term, released by a since defunct company called MegaSoft. It's a tossup
)>as to which was released first, A-Term or MaxiComm. I know in the Portland
)>area, A-Term hit the stores about two weeks before MaxiComm. (Novemeber,
)>1985?) A-Term was released with the beta code, and for various reasons,
)>was never finished. (One reason was that the programmer never got paid.)
)>It did have a very good X-Modem, but it would be tough to decide whether
)>MaxiComm or A-Term would 'win' the honors of being the worst commecial
)>terminal program for the Amiga. :-}
)>
)>:-larry
)
)When I think "ATerm" I think of Michael Mournier's thing that was
)available (PD?) as source quite soon after the release of the A1000
)in Sept 85.  It was the basis for many later term programs (Access!,
)Comm, Wecker's VT100, etc.)
)

Larry is correct that I (and possibly the others) were referring to A-Term
by the defunct Megasoft.  I guess it's history sort of explains its quality.
I never had the misfortune of using MaxiComm, so I can't comment on their
relative merits.  As it was I bought A-Term (not having anything else
available) and used it until Dave Wecker began releasing his vt100 emulator.
Later, I switched to Handshake.  Ironically I was actually able to put A-Term 
to good use recently.  I used it in Oxxi's "upgrade to A-Talk III" offer.  :-)

-baron

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