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From: rpcfod@uarthur.UUCP (Robert Patt-Corner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: MacTerminal 3.0
Summary: Yes, Passthru is essential
Message-ID: <24@uarthur.UUCP>
Date: 30 Oct 90 17:41:38 GMT
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In followup, I hope Apple does understand that print passthrough isn't just
a "nice to have", but is *essential* for any production terminal emulator,
especially a vt, and especially for any site using All-In-One.

As much as I like LANWorks, I expect to have to drop MacTerminal if print
passthru isn't implemented, and curiously, that impacts the overall
acceptance of LanWorks at our site and indirectly the acceptance of the
Apple.  Odd, but true.

So far, I've told the users this would be fixed, never dreaming anyone
would release a product without the feature.

I've heard very polite and knowledgable responses from Apple saying how
it couldn't be donw -- at least easily.  But Versaterm does it, with the
toolbox too.  White Pine does it.

Birds do it, bees do it ....

Hopefully Apple is listening.  Sad or glad, MacTerminal is the most 
visible part of LANWorks to an end user, and having to drop it form
the overall picture at a site casts a lot of doubt on LanWorks as an
overall solution.

For want of a nail ...