Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!philip
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: BINScii suggestion
Message-ID: <1991Feb8.144018.17650@utstat.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Statistics
References: <1991Feb7.185443.5042@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Feb7.230029.5458@world.std.com> <1991Feb8.032708.9536@nevada.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 1991 14:40:18 GMT

In article <1991Feb8.032708.9536@nevada.edu> alfter@nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) writes:
>In article <1991Feb7.230029.5458@world.std.com> lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green) writes:
[explanation of use of Snowterm]
>
>You should probably get another telecomm program.  You're setting
>yourself up for headaches if you don't use at least XMODEM for
>transfers.  Kermit will do XMODEM, and it won't cost you anything.

Why should he get another telecomm program? Snowterm does a very nice
vt100 emulation and most AppleII() files are in binscii'd form anyway,
so that capturing things to a RAM buffer makes a lot of sense. It's
very easy to use "cat" you know. XMODEM is not everything, and Kermit
is hardly a wonderful program, although it is free.

The GS could do with a GS/OS communications' program. I only know of
the NDA Transfusion. In the meantime, Snowterm is nice and has definite
possibilities.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto