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From: danny@convex.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Dave Weckers VT100 (kermit)
Message-ID: <93500038@convex>
Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 20:40:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 22 20:40:00 1986
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Nf-From: convex.UUCP!danny    Sep 22 19:40:00 1986



It's real simple.  Why force a drop dtr?  Simple leave a few menu items to
the tone of (and maybe also stuff in the startup-script for your program)

MENU                 SUBMENU
----                 -------

Hang Phone           Hayes
                     Drop DTR

Quit & Hang Up       Hayes
                     Drop DTR

Just Quit

Or just a toggle:

Hangup method        Hayes
		     Drop DTR

Whatever turns you on.  Dropping the DTR automatically is bad.  Flipping the
dip switch on the back of the modem is worse (Whatabout the modems with no
dips or ones you have to remove the cover?  Whatabout modems with AT& commands?
Does the average consumer know about these?)
Of course, your documentation would have to explain that Drop DTR would allow
you to engage another program with your program still going.  Also explain that
by not dropping DTR, you can quit your program and go to another with some
feature you don't have (of course, you'd want to avoid the necessity)

Well, I'm begining to sound like Commodore or Apple dictating how to/how not
to write your programs.  Do it your way.  I just really like rapidly flipping
between com programs while still logged into the same host.  After all, 
Wombat is undeniably the best Xmodem because of the 64 block buffer but then
VT100 is the best Kermit and Starterm is the best general BBS dialer/term with
color...  unless someone comes out with a super-duper-term, don't go dropping
DTR.  Enuf said.

Dan Wallach
...!ihnp4!convex!danny