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From: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Terminal Emulation
Message-ID: <1181@cpocd2.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 88 16:26:55 GMT
References: <1523@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>
Reply-To: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman)
Organization: Intel Corp. ASIC Systems Organization, Chandler AZ
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Keywords: What can you get?

In article <1523@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> c60b-ea@buddy.Berkeley.EDU (Brad Post) writes:
>Hi, I'm interested in purchasing a new computer, and I have been wondering
>about this question, what type of terminal emulation can you get with a Mac,
>and what type of software do you use?  You see, I'm really going to be doing a
>lot of logging onto Unix accounts, and I was just wondering if a Mac II+ or SE
>was compatiable with the systems I might be using.

I've got a Mac Plus, and have used both MacTerminal and Red Ryder.  For simple
terminal emulation, and Mac file transfer, I prefer MacTerminal's VT100 mode.
It's rock solid and pretty full featured.  Red Ryder has some advantages, such
as a nice macro facility, but I found downloading more painful than with
MacTerminal (which works well with "macput" and "macget" on UNIX), so I don't
use it any more.

Caveat: Neither version is the absolute latest and greatest.  I haven't tried
the new Claris MacTerminal, nor the new (non-shareware) Red Ryder.  Either or
both may have improved significantly.

Some people swear by Versaterm, but I've never tried it.  It might be worth a
look ...

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	Howard A. Landman
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