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From: akk2@ur-tut (Atul Kacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Dreaming of the perfect terminal software
Message-ID: <1917@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 88 20:47:12 GMT
References: <6970@j.cc.purdue.edu> <650020@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Reply-To: akk2@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Atul Kacker)
Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
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In article <650020@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU> spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) writes:
>
>Oh,... I can't resist... 
>
I can't resist either...

>With the exception of RedRyder, most every Macintosh terminal program offers
>qualities that would be the envy of any dedicated terminal.  Even "lowly" Mac-
>Terminal offers 5 different kinds of file transfer capabilities and is a 
>_perfect_ vt102 emulator.  (There isn't ONE DEC package that macTerminal will
>NOT work with.)
>
Have you ever taken a look at what these 5 file transfer protocols are ?

Text, MacBinary, XModem Text, MacTerminal1.1, Straight Xmodem.

Now tell me how many DIFFERENT protocols do you see here ?  What else speaks
MacTerminal1.1 or MacBinary for that matter ?


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