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From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: MacTerminal
Message-ID: <2147@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 12:30:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 20 12:30:43 1985
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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> In article <2125@ut-sally.UUCP> barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) writes:
> >> 
> >> [MacT] Saves comm. parameters and phone numbers in "documents" so its
> >> easy to access different remote machines.  
> >...
> >I beg to differ!  I've used both MacTerminal and Versaterm pretty
> >extensively, and I find VersaTerm's method for dealing with multiple
> >hosts (a menu with mnemonics for all the phone numbers you dial)
> 
> I would agree with you if it weren't for the fact that Apple's method
> provides much more than phone number storage.  In addition to the
> phone number you get terminal configuration.  I work with seven
> different hosts, and only 3 of those use the same configuration.
> -- 
>  Jim Budler
>  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
>  (408) 749-5806
>  UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amdcad!jimb
>  Compuserve:	72415,1200
> 

Well, the same is true of Versaterm;  once you've entered the phone
number, mnemonic code, and proper settings, you select "save settings,"
which preserves the association between the number and the settings
across invocations.  I believe the functionality is identical to MacT's.


Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712

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