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From: mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: looking for a terminal program
Message-ID: <387@auscso.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 09:30:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: auscso.387
Posted: Fri Sep 25 09:30:45 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 20:20:44 EDT
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Reply-To: mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett)
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Organization: Austin UNIX Users' Group, Austin, TX
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In article <2305@ihlpf.ATT.COM> straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) writes:
>Versaterm 3.0 supports the Binary Kermit and MacBinary Kermit protocols.
>It also supports "automatic macro define", although I haven't actually
>used it.
>
>Perhaps you are using Versaterm 2.0.  The order taker explained to me
>that Versaterm 3.0 and Versaterm Pro 2.0 are *identical*, except for the
>additional graphics support in "Pro".

Perhaps I should list my only other complaint about the program.  Peripherals,
Computers, and Supplies are the people who distribute the program.  It takes
FOREVER to hear about significant upgrades.  Once they do send out the flyers,
though, they're reasonable about it (the minimal upgrade price usually includes
a new disk and manual).  It would appear that there's a world of difference
between 2.0 and 3.0, yet *I* wasn't told about it...

Having said that, I should note the bug support.  The author has an exceptional
track record with returning calls about bug fixes, and supplying individuals
with temporary fixes.  It just seems odd that in the face of such support, they
keep their upgrades so secret...

I think it'd be a good idea to give users a license to perform "spot upgrades"
if they should encounter other users with later versions of the program.  At
the time that I upgraded from 1.4 to 2.0, the price charged was minimal, so I
doubt that PCS is making any money off it.





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Robert Dorsett                          {allegra,seismo}!sally!ngp!walt!mentat
University of Texas at Austin           {allegra,seismo}!sally!ngp!mentat
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