Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!bridge2!olivea!apple!rneville
From: rneville@Apple.COM (Robert Neville)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacTerminal 3.0 (try VersaTerm?)
Message-ID: <46018@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 26 Oct 90 19:27:52 GMT
References: <9946@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
Lines: 41

owen@raven.phys.washington.edu (Russell Owen) writes:

>If you want to be able to move the mouse to a given location by pointing
>and clicking, or you want proper VT100 emulation, you might try VersaTerm.
>The mouse cursor control is flexible (it can send arrow key sequences,
>emacs sequences, or one other kind). I've never seen its VT100 emulation
>get confused by a VAX (and that says a lot -- a VAX really challenges
>VT100 emulators).

>VersaTerm costs about $100, and included VT100, VT220, and Tek 4014
>(bitmapped graphics) emulation. It supports the comm. toolbox.
>It's one of the best programs I've seen, and has great support.

>Sorry if I got carried away. If anybody has used both recent versions of
>MacTerminal and VersaTerm, I'd love to see a comparison.

There are a few differences between the CTB versions of MacTerminal and
VersaTerm.  VersaTerm does not require the CTB, MacTerminal does.  VersaTerm
does not use the Terminal Manager and thus has it's own different Terminal
Emulation, MacTerminal uses the Terminal Manager and so will allow seemless
use of new Terminal Tools as tey are developed.  VersaTerm is single session,
MacTerminal is multi-session.  These are the rough differences that I have
determined and can remember right now.


>Russell Owen
>owen@raven.phys.washington.edu
>Astronomy Dept. FM-20
>University of Washington
>Seattle, WA  98195


-- 

Disclaimers are not legally valid.  My company can still fire me,
and they can always be sued.
**********************************************************************
* Rob Neville                                    rneville@apple.com *
* AppleLink                                      NEVILLE             *
* Compuserve                                     76074,2262          *
**********************************************************************