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From: macq@miguel.llnl.gov (Don MacQueen)
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Subject: Re: Need Recommendations for Terminal Programs
Keywords: Versaterm, Mathematica, Zterm
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Date: 9 May 91 00:18:32 GMT
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In article <1991May8.225511.126@midway.uchicago.edu>, langer@gibbs.uchicago.edu (Steve Langer) writes:
|> In article <1991May8.203150.23738@milton.u.washington.edu> owen@raven.phys.washington.edu (Russell Owen) writes:
|> >
|> >I love VersaTerm. It's about $100 mail-order, is the fastest program I've seen,
|> >has a decent interface (including simple macros), is very robust, and is the
|> >best-supported program I've seen.                         ^^^^^^
|> >
|>  I've had problems with Versaterm leaving my computer in some sort of
|> funny state --- if I want to use Mathematica after using Versaterm, I
|> have to reboot, or Mathematica will crash as it starts up. On the other
|> hand, I've never had any troubles *while* using Versaterm (except that
|> I can't use Mathematica at the same time).
|>   File transfers with Versaterm are definitely slower than with Zterm.
|> It's possible to quit Versaterm without hanging up, start Zterm, transfer
|> files, and switch back to Versaterm though. This gives you the best of
|> both worlds.
|> 
|>       -- Steve (langer@control.uchicago.edu)
|> 
|> PS -- In case anyone else is or isn't having conflicts with Versaterm
|> and Mathematica, I've got a IIcx, system 6.0.5, Multifinder, 8 Meg,
|> not too many INITs, a recent version of Versaterm (I don't remember which
|> one at the moment) and Mathematica 1.2.

-- 
I tried this out, no problems running both under multifinder.
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Don MacQueen
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