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From: kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Dave Sim's Ugly Brother)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Term Progs
Message-ID: <1991May11.193441.6595@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
Date: 11 May 91 19:34:41 GMT
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In article <15622@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>
>In article <1991May10.002326.19766@news.iastate.edu> tnab0@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>>Anyone know of a GS/OS term prog that works as good as ProTerm?  AWGS
>>communications pretty much sucks...
>
>	Could you please explain to me why you need a GS specific (what you 
>mean by a "GS/OS term prog") program if ProTERM works well for you, as you
>seem to imply?

Well, he wants a GO/OS app....  ProTERM does have problems.  #1, the editor
is FAR too small.  I have 3.8Megs of scollback and only 40K of editor.  Excuse
me?  That's just silly.

#2, it does not support ansi characters.  A GS/OS could use PC MONOSPACED and
get the ANSI character set....

#3  It does not allow you access to your NDA's, so you cna;t have neat
things like viewing a graphic as you download it.

#4, It is prodos 8.  Two partitions.  64 Megs max (you can get around this).

#5, The Zmodem does not work, period.  The Ymodem sends and expects a ProDOS
header at all times, which means you do not get file info when downloading
from a board with REAL ymodem.

There are other things too... but this is enough for now.  ProTERM is great and
I like it, but it is seriously limited in many ways.

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