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From: edds@unc.UUCP (Tom Edds)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: terminals
Message-ID: <670@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 02:29:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  3 02:29:01 1985
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Reply-To: edds@unc.UUCP (Tom Edds)
Organization: UNC-CH Psychology Dept
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Keywords: terminal emulators, scarlet begonias


   <this space available>

      Recently a couple of people have mentioned a terminal emulator called
MaxiComm, ($49, available from MaxiCorp, 2817 Sloat Road, Pebble Beach,
Calif., 93953, if your Amiga dealer doesn't have it).

>>  (??? )
>>       I am very happy with it (This message is coming to you via the
>>       Amiga/Maxicomm package), and can say that it is worth the $49.00
>>       price tag.
>>
>   (Mike Gingell:   ecsvax!mjg)
>I bought it too - and while it seems to work as a terminal I have been
> unable to get the xmodem part to work properly when talking to a terminal
> program on my PC. When I send from the PC it just times out with an
>error message. Something similar happens when I send from the Amiga.

   I've been using MaxiComm for 4 days now, and find it quite acceptable.
It's certainly not heavy on features, but it does seem to be solid enough
for serious use. I was able to get the xmodem to work downloading from a
local BBS. I do have a couple of  minor gripes. It would be nice to be
able to store a list of numbers/systems to be called, rather than
revising a single slot each time the destination changes. I also had some
trouble with the parity settings. To get EVEN parity, I actually had to
select ODD from the menu.

    The VT100 emulation is weak. I haven't had much luck getting vi to work
well,and I got myself stuck in KED before I realized I had no function keys.

   Several other terminal emulators seem to be (almost) ready for the
well-primed market. Has anybody tried any of these yet? How're those
Kermit projects coming along, folks?

   Just got my new AmigaWorld today - cover story is "Andy Warhol: An
Artist and His Amiga." It also has a list of Amiga's regional reps, and
lots of new ads. It's nice to see such a rapid response to the Amiga 
Software Open.

   A question about opening a CLI using the icon:
Has anyone tried starting a CLI this way, only to have the CLI window
open very briefly, and then close on its own? One guess might be that,
when a CLI is open, any new CLI's have to fired up using the NEWCLI
command, rather than using the icon.  I'm not sure I'd claim that 
as *my* guess,though.  I can't find any error indicator.
 Anybody got a better guess?

    I've been avidly reading this group since its inception. Glad I'm
finally able to contribute.

    Tom Edds          UNC Chapel Hill Psychology Dept.
    ...mcnc!unc!edds      Chapel Hill, NC  27514

   "The wheel is turning, you can't slow it down,
    you can't let go, and you can't hold on."