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From: delton@pro-carolina.cts.COM (Don Elton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Commware
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Date: 14 Jan 88 11:35:27 GMT
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The 16-bit non-shareware version of TIC (Talk is Cheap: Professional) will
probably support Kermit (and other) protocols.  The sad fact is that most
people don't pay for shareware.. any shareware so I see little reason to add
Kermit to the shareware version of TIC when I can add it to a non-shareware
version and offer cheap updates to people who registered the shareware
version.

The only ways to avoid losing data at 1200 baud on an unenhanced //e is to
bypass the firmware scrolling routines (by scrolling the screen yourself) or
to have the host send nulls.  Apple hasn't made the defective //e's since
March of 1985 and a nominally priced fix has been available since that time. 
The //c and IIgs never had the bug in the first place.  I don't see much
reason to write extra code just to handle the older //e anymore than I see a
reason to support the Apple II+.  I can see no reason anyone would want a comm
program that didn't use interrupts but maybe someone can tell me an advantage
here that I haven't considered.  TIC only supports the built-in ports of the
//c or IIgs and super serial card clones and I believe that all super serial
card clones, by definition, support interrupts.

Another comment on Kermit... while I'll be adding kermit to TIC Pro, most
apple users, notwithstanding the group using info-apple, have never heard of
kermit outside of ETV perhaps.  It's just not a high priority thing for most
users but it will make its way into TIC Pro which you'll be able to order
through the mail when it's finished.

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