Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!batcomputer!mha From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: UUCP for the mac? (was Re: Letter to Unix Today ) Message-ID: <1990Sep27.014419.4169@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 27 Sep 90 01:44:19 GMT References: <1990Sep22.230700.14459@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Sep23.182333.9312@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1990Sep25.074105.12875@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: BAKA Computers, Inc. - Ithaca, New York Lines: 30 In article <1990Sep25.074105.12875@chinet.chi.il.us> magik@chinet.chi.il.us (Ben Liberman) writes: >There is an article in the new MacWeek (9.25.90) about a new product from >a company called ICE Engineering. It is called uAcess and should be out >next month. There number is 313-449-8288. This one sounds good, so far... The product does sound quite good, but the article is somewhat misleading. Unless I'm mistaken, uAccess is providing such features as its VT100 terminal emulation and XMODEM file transfer simply by providing Comm Toolbox capability, and the ALREADY-EXISTING VT100 terminal emulation and XMODEM file transfer CTB tools. My understanding is that these features are NOT part of what ICE is developing. I was also quite disappointed that the review in MacWEEK mentioned Information Electronics so casually, without mentioning their product, UMCP\QM. Carolyn Said, the review author, trumpets the approach of uAccess as "breaking barriers" and "opening windows on the world of UNIX communications" for the Macintosh, when in fact Information Electronics broke these barriers and opened these windows months ago. It's not as though MacWEEK or Ms. Said are unaware of IE or UMCP\QM... they simply seem unwilling to acknowledge the true level of innovation that the company provided. -- Mark H. Anbinder ************************* mha@theory.tn.cornell.edu BAKA Computers * ******* ...!batcomputer!memory!mha 200 Pleasant Grove Rd. H: (607) 257-3480 ****** Ithaca, NY 14850 W: (607) 257-2070 ***** Memory Alpha BBS 607-257-5822