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From: connery@bnrmtv.UUCP
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Subject: Re: PD Communications Program Wanted
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Date: Mon, 12-May-86 14:54:52 EDT
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> Discussion of Crosstalk and PROCOMM, each with advocates.

I am currently using PibTerm, even though it has a number of glaring flaws.
I have used both Crosstalk and PROCOMM in their latest versions.  I would
not suggest anybody buy Crosstalk unless they really want to spend money
or have already tried PROCOMM.  Crosstalk has a number of problems.  It
doesn't seem to do flow control particularly well, has no conditional
capabilities (the WHEN command, I think its called, just plain DOES NOT
WORK and NEVER HAS), and doesn't handle pathnames particularly well.  On
top of that the interface is getting just a little old.

I would be using PROCOMM except that it doesn't have keyboard mappings in
the terminal emulator.  I use the rand editor on a unix system I call up
and I want to be able to define the keypad PgUp key as a page up in the
editor.  PROCOMM doesn't let me do this.  I can do this in either PibTerm
or Crosstalk, but PROCOMM uses PgUp for File Upload.  I could either get
used to hitting another key for this, but I use too many systems already
to start futzing around with something like that.  Also once I start
redefining the up and down cursor keys, I won't be able to use them in
menus and such.

If PROCOMM had keyboard mappings I would probably be using it.  Of course
its script language is BIZARRE.  At least CrossTalk and PibTerm use
words!!!  PibTerm's has turned out to be the best I've seen, and I've
written some really complex logon macros with it.  The problems with
PibTerm are legion however--problems in XModem handling with some bulletin
boards, the way it does ASCII capture and transmit, the fact that its
just too fucking big (course you ain't seen nothing until you've seen the
latest version of QModem).

Still waiting for the best solution...
-- 

Glenn Connery, Bell Northern Research, Mountain View, CA
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