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From: silvert@dalcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Problem with Atari o.s. terminal handling
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Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 06:22:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  3 06:22:28 1987
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Reply-To: silvert@dalcs.UUCP (Bill Silvert)
Organization: Marine Ecology Lab.
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Keywords: graphics,xmodem

In article <276@pembina.alberta.UUCP> bjorn@alberta.UUCP writes:



>2) I like Uniterm even better (as a terminal emulator that is),
>   but never use it anymore who needs 100k-200k cluttering up
>   their ramdisk all the time, and all because of:
>
>   a) Graphics terminal (Tektronix emulation), who uses it
>      anyway.  Besides it's a bloody nuisance if something
>      goes wrong with the line, you invariably get kicked
>      into graphics mode and need multi-mouse-clicking...nausea.
>
>   b) Built-in kermit and/or ?modem.  Come on, this is not a
>      feature, it's a bug unless you happen to have a hard disk.
>      GEM-Kermit is quite adequate.  How often do you log into
>      a remote system versus the number of times you do file
>      transfers?



Granted, uniterm is pretty big, but it is the ONLY package with decent
graphics.  I use it as an alternative to a $3000 graphics terminal
(HDS200's, which I think is the mode that Simon Poole intended to
emulate).  It might be nice to be able to suppress it, but I can survive
the trouble.

Actually, those of us who use graphics terminals get used to the
occasional flip into graphics mode.  It is a pain even with hard-wired
terminals, but c'est-la-vie.

As for the modem'ing features, sure those are useful.  If you don't do
file transfers that is your business, great, but many of us use these
features.  And not every system supports kermit (assuming that you have
enough time to use it -- it is slow).

Again, I thank Simon Poole for a great program which has been a big hit
locally.  I don't keep track of how often files get downloaded from my
BBS, but I think that Uniterm is either the favorite, or close to it.

By the way, what is the latest version?  I heard about 1.7b, but haven't
seen it yet.


-- 
Bill Silvert
Marine Ecology Laboratory, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
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