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From: sullivan@marge.math.binghamton.edu (fred sullivan)
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Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 10:24:47 EDT
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In article <8708210900.AA29270@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> F1.GDM@ISUMVS.BITNET ("Gene Merritt") writes:
>I have Omniview...should I just get a copy of Omnicom?  Has anyone used Omnicom?
>Will it support a Hayes compat 1200 baud modem? Does it do up/downloading?
>What is the general reaction to this piece of software? It is of good quality or
>is it "just what is available?"

I have omnicom for the 800, and I have heard of newer versions with more
features.  At any rate:
1. My copy has no explicit support for "Hayes" compatable modems.  (If you
want to know why Hayes is in quotes, read the fine print on the outside of a
Hayes box.  On the other hand, I can type atds pretty quickly.

2. It does kermit file transfers.

3. It is ok, but would be improved if: all ascii characters were correct
(curly braces and such are displayed as the corresponding atascii graphics
character), if the screen didn't permanently change colors when you do file
transfers, and if you didn't have to refer to the 850 manual for special
numbers when setting it to 2400 baud.  I'll give it a better than "just
what's available" but not really a polished product rating.  Incidentally,
until recently I used it extensively as a terminal, and it worked fine with
vi and Gnu emacs (although I did have to put in a termcap with delays on
reverse scroll to use it with emacs at 2400 baud).

Fred Sullivan
Department of Mathematical Sciences
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, New York  13903
Email: sullivan@marge.math.binghamton.edu