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From: ljz@well.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman)
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Subject: Re: PD Comm package: a resolution
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Date: Wed, 7-May-86 21:15:37 EDT
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In article <2158@uwmacc.UUCP> demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) writes:
>Wait! Stop! ...and many thanks to the quad-zillions that responded to my
>request for a decent PD communications package: nearly everyone recommended
>PROCOMM Version 2.30. I got my hands on a copy and, sure 'nuf, it works
>like a champ. *ALL* of the emulators behave themselves, the user interface is
>wonderful (as per previous versions), 99% of the bugs and complaints I and 
>others had are fixed, and the transfer package all work.

Wait!  Stop!  Be careful with PROCOMM 2.30's terminal emulation.  I found
that the VT100 and the TVI-912/920 *still* didn't work quite right all
the time.  Using 'vi' under Unix, the cursor would sometimes get confused
and leave you placed on a line you really weren't on.  This wasn't always
obvious and sometimes I'd delete the wrong line, only to find out too
late.

It seems to have something to do with the cursor-positioning algorithm.

Using the exact same 'termcap' and TERM on the exact same Unix system
with Crosstalk (for TVI-912/920) and PC-VT (for VT100), this didn't
happen.

Be careful!