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From: akm@obelix.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Communication Program???
Summary: Not Public Domain
Keywords: Telix, Qmodem, Procomm
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.064859.24741@cs.uoregon.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 91 06:48:59 GMT
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In article <1991Apr03.044845.5707@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> dbeedle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Dave Beedle) writes:
>    What features would you be interested in?  I personally use Qmodem
>(4.2F) which has alot of features I like and it is public domain.
>Registration fee is $30 I think.  This is one of the few PD programs I
>fully intend to pay for.
>     I changed from Procomm Plus.  The 'Test Drive' version is enough to get
>most folks by and is not bad.  It also is PD.
>     Qmodem is available from wuarchive.wustl.edu.

Just to clarify, Qmodem and Procomm are *not* public domain, but
shareware. That means that you can copy them, but they are *not* free.
You are expected to pay for them if you use them. PD programs, such as
Freemacs, you don't have to pay for. (I *hope* I'm right about
Freemacs... !)

While we are on the topic, I strongly recommend Telix. If Zmodem is
important, Telix automatically picks up an incoming zmodem transfer,
and switches into zmodem receive mode. It has great terminal emulation
(though not as many term types as Procomm), and a good scripting
language. Its also pretty small...

I used to use it at both the DOS level and under windows till I got
Wincomm, which runs under windows.


kartik

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Anant Kartik Mithal                                     akm@cs.uoregon.edu
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