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From: clive@drutx.ATT.COM (Clive Steward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: VersaTerm vs. VersaTerm PRO
Message-ID: <6799@drutx.ATT.COM>
Date: 21 Feb 88 01:07:01 GMT
References: <7055@cisunx.UUCP>
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From article <7055@cisunx.UUCP>, by jasst3@cisunx.UUCP (Jeffrey A. Sullivan):
> What egzakly is the difference between VT and VT-PRO?  I am thinking seriosly
> about the MultiFinder compatible comm pgms now that perhaps my memory
> expansion is on its way.
> 
> I have used the old (v 2.0?) VT PRO a lot, so I know what _it's_ like.
> Things I couldn't live without:
> 
> excellent vt100 emulation,
> flawless kermit, and xmodem xfers,
> macro keys (for logins, etc.

All these are in non-Pro, version 3.10, $99 list.

> Things I could easily live without: 
> TEK emulation,
> DG emulation, 
> EMACS, VI mouses (never work _quite_ right anyway)

My experiece is that Vi mouse works perfectly, always.  You still get 
DG200 and Tek 4010, just not the color Teks.  That seems mainly what
the extra money's for in Pro.

> Multifinder background U/Dloads (w/o bugs!)
> Long XMODEM/KERMIT for quicker xfers (maybe WMODEM?)

Multifinder fine, not even the minor bug which apparently came from a
last minute feature addition, if you get it new (see recent note 
from Rich Straka).

And it's really slick to work with.

I don't use Kermit, but understand the long mode is there for it.
Long Xmodem doesn't seem to be, but fast (no crc) is for error-free lines.
Probably amounts to the same thing in most conditions, though I'd personally
like to have the long blocks -- it's better to be sure.

A great program.  I'm using it now.

Clive Steward