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From: dpalermo@aludra.usc.edu (Dan Palermo)
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Subject: Re: Talk Is Cheap
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Date: 17 Dec 90 20:56:17 GMT
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STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein) writes:
>
>  Is Talk Is Cheap public domain, shareware, or commercial?  Is it available
>from any archives?
>

  Talk is Cheap (TIC) was previously shareware, but is now a commercial
product.  I have seen it available from various mail order houses and is
definitely worth the price (~$30->$40).  I have been using it for quite
some time now and have really been happy with it.  It is capable of 
Xmodem, Ymodem, ASCII Express Prodos transfers, and straight text.  I
still use Kermit for kermit transfers (makes sense) by quitting TIC (without
losing the connection) and hopping into Kermit.

  I like it because all commands are very easy to access (open apple-key)
and the user scripting language is quite flexible, allowing macros to be 
established (closed apple-key).  It also supports about a dozen different
terminal emulations (vt52 is the most useful) through a 1-byte filter
(this is the reason why it doesn't do vt100, wyse50, etc).  Overall, TIC
is a very lightweight, easy to use communication program and I would highly
recommend it.

  If you would like to contact the author directly, his address is:

			Donald R Elton
			Carolina System Software
			3207 Berkely Forest Dr
			Columbia, SC  29209-4111

Hope this helps,
  Dan Palermo
  dpalermo@usc.edu