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From: elmanad@leland.Stanford.EDU (Adam Elman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Other Windows Terminal Programs?
Keywords: Terminal,emulator,windows
Message-ID: <1991May7.012908.16876@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 7 May 91 01:29:08 GMT
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In article <7-5gtcb@rpi.edu>, ncc1701@itsgw.rpi.edu (Mark O. Chadwick) writes:
|> Hi there.  I am sick and tired of the extremely limited capabilities of the
|> terminal program that is included with Windows 3. 
|> 
|> Are there:
|>   Modules that I can add to it to support more advanced terminal emulations?
|> 
|>   Better, complete packages out there? Shareware/freeware/expensiveware?
|> 
|> Thanks in advance for any replies.  I prefer e-mail, and if there's enough info
|> or requests for a summary, I shall summarize.
|> 
|> Thanks again
|> 
|> -- 
|> Mark "Emerson" Chadwick         ncc1701@rpi.edu  or  usergdes@rpitsmts.bitnet 
|> "It has come to the attention of management that employees have been dying on
|> the job. This practice MUST STOP.  Any employee found dead on the job, either
|> in an upright or prone position, will immediately be dropped from the payroll."

I am currently using WinQVT 4.55, which has fairly decent terminal emulations.  It does apparently have some bugs, particularly with respect to Kermit transfers, but is otherwise a nice product.

Another shareware program you might look at is Unicom 2.0.  Unicom was recently reviewed in some PC magazine (I believe PC World) in a roundup of PC term programs and came out looking very well.  It has a nice dialing directory, and quite a few nice features.

Finally, DynaComm is the "Big Brother" of Windows Terminal -- it has quite a few more features, and is supposedly very nice.

I like WinQVT.  I have used Unicom, but the shareware version only goes up to 1200 baud -- you have to register it to get 2400.  It's nagware.

DynaComm is a commercial program which I have never used, but I have seen reviewed nicely.

Later,

Adam ELman
elmanad@leland.stanford.edu