Xref: utzoo comp.sys.laptops:2593 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8824 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!vancleef From: vancleef@iastate.edu (Van Cleef Henry H) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Comm programs, Crosstalk Mk IV Message-ID: <1991Apr21.071509.13167@news.iastate.edu> Date: 21 Apr 91 07:15:09 GMT References: Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA Lines: 34 In article cb@tamarack12.timbuk (Chris Brewster) writes: > >There has been discussion here about what is the best PC communication program. >PC Magazine and PC World have both had round-up articles on the subject >recently. I can't remember all the conclusions, but, taking the two articles >together, it would appear that Crosstalk Mk IV is the program to get. Each >magazine also gave its "recommended" sticker to one or two other programs. I've >forgotten a couple of them, but Smartcom Exec (from Hayes) was found to be the >fastest program over-all. This isn't particularly relevant if the limiting >factor is your modem speed, which it is if you're using a phone line. > >Christopher Brewster A while back I bought Crosstalk Mk IV. I dislike it intensely. Very difficult to walk around the menus, very difficult to configure, very difficult to use, requires that all sorts of stuff be in the same directory as you are running it from. Procomm 2.4.3 is Shareware and while it insists its control files be in the same directory you start from, it is fairly good. Procomm Plus is even better. Kermit is free, and does everything I want and need. There is a brand new version 3.10 for Pee Cee. The only thing against Kermit is that while the transfer is pretty reliable, the frog doesn't jump awfully high---X/Y/Zmodem are faster for most purposes. Speed? the COM port dictates the speed. Procomm has Kermit and a bunch of other protocols, everything you need, I think. --