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From: Eric_Shockwave-Rider_Larson@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Dreaming of the perfect terminal software
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Date: 28 Apr 88 22:50:32 GMT
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John O'Malley writes:

A friend of mine thinks, that compared to MS-DOS, Mac term programs
are way behind.

Your friend is absolutely correct. There is not one single Mac term
program that does even the ESSENTIALS that MS-DOS programs handle
Flawlessly....Things like CTS handshaking for high speed modems. Or
Zmodem. (I find it simply staggering that there in not one single
Mac implementation of Zmodem, which has become THE protocol for
Fidonet transactions, and is simple the BEST software file transfer
protocol available).

The low quality of Mac comm software is mind boggling...the most
advanced protocol offered (and on some systems like Red Ryder it
doesn't even work properly) is Ymodem. Do you (rhetorical you)
know when Ymodem was invented? Nineteen Eighty One!!

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