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Subject: Re: ASCII Express Still Around?
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Date: 13 Mar 88 00:04:55 GMT
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In article <1028@cod.NOSC.MIL> rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. Rupp) writes:
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>Is ASCII Express still on the market?  If so, I would appreciate
>someone's telling me who is currently supporting that product and where
>they may be reached.

I don't know if Ascii Express THE PROFESSIONAL is still on the market, but
United Software Industries, Inc. is making "Ascii Express MouseTalk," which
is the "next generation AE," I guess. It requires an enhanced //e, //c, or
//GS though (also Laser 120 and Franklin 2200...I'm reading the ad in A+).
Obviously you need a mouse too.

However, I would suggest you get ProTERM. It is a much better terminal program
than AE (either The Pro or MouseTalk, although ProTERM doesn't support a
mouse)...ProTERM 2.0 supports many terminal emulations, including VT100. It
also has many file transfer protocols, such as Xmodem, Ymodem (batch too),
Kermit, Ascii (obviously), and a ProTERM original (I believe) called Transit,
which allows a full disk to be sent without packing with something such
as DDD.

ProTERM also has a very extensive macro section..You can write your own or
have IT WRITE THEM FOR YOU! (You log on and it will figure out the macro
for your online sequence).

2.0 also has a text editor which supports AppleWorks-type commands.

All in all, it's much better than Ascii Express. [And it's in ProDOS, which
wasn't what the first AE Pro was in.]

	-tuu