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From: cs2531bn@charon.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: ASCII Express Still Around?
Message-ID: <2541@charon.unm.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 88 06:42:51 GMT
Reply-To: cs2531bn@unmc.UUCP (Lazlo Nibble)
Organization: Donutz, Donutz, DONUTZ!
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Summary: AE Pro IS useful, but make a point of looking at ProTERM too.

> One of the most useful parts of AE, I've found, is the remote access
> ability . . . The two file transmission protocols,
> wait-for-a-prompt-character-at-the-beginning-of-each-line, and
> wait-till-you-get-the-last-character-echoed-before-you-send-another-one,
> come in really handy at times....
> 
> I am saving my 0.01$s, however, for the mouse version, which a friend
> has, and which is really slick.
>
> Daniel         mackay@dalcsug.UUCP

ProTERM has an unattended mode too.  It also lets you set prompts and line/char
transmission delays on ASCII uploads, and 2.0 has a really powerful command
langauge built into it.  You do need an "enhanced" machine to run it, though,
and it doesn't have any mouse-specific capabilities (though I never sprung for
a mouse anyway, so that doesn't bother me).

I dropped AE like a hot potato after playing with ProTERM for awhile.  You
really should check it out before you decide to buy AE:MouseTalk, it's worth
the money.

Lazlo Nibble (cs2531bn@charon.unm.edu)