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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Atalk III 1.0e
Message-ID: <1189@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 89 07:55:15 GMT
References: <14652@oberon.USC.EDU>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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From article <14652@oberon.USC.EDU>, by papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa):
> Auto Chop in general should hardly be used at all since most files on BBS are 
> now ARC-ed or ZOO-ed, especially all those animations.  "Chopping" an ARC or 
> ZOO file will always produce a "munged" last file.  If you are transferring 
> a single file, it will be munged and ZOO or ARC won't be able to decompress it
> properly. When running the resulting program one will get the dreaded
> "unable to load XXXX: file is not an objetc module".  Whatever program you
> are using, please turn auto-chop off for .ARC and .ZOO files.

Marco, several of the PD terminal programs disable auto-chop when the
filename has a suffix of .ARC or .ZOO, does Atalk III do this? (I'm
asking because it sounds like the answer is NO from your message.)

Do you have plans to add an autodialer to Atalk III? The lack of one is
the biggest reason I've got for not buying it. Right now I use Baud
Bandit (the latest PD version of GT Comm, soon to be commercial) for
dialing, and switch over to AZComm for file transfers. To make things
even worse, I use Handshake for VT100 emulation when calling work (I was
using VT100, but it doesn't support 19,200 BPS and with the Trailblazer
Plus the serial port stays locked at 19,200 regardless of what speed the
modem is running at) but have to exit it for Zmodem transfers again.

Here's a few items from my fantasy terminal program wish list:

1) Zmodem (If you've got that, you've got it made.)
2) Autodialer with a circular queue (see Baud Bandit for the best
   example.)
3) The ability to send a setup string to the modem for each phonebook 
   entry before dialing. (Obscure perhaps, but I've got a Telebit 
   Trailblazer Plus, and I need to change a register if the computer
   I'm calling doesn't have a Trailblazer.)
4) Scripts for logon and such.
5) TRUE VT100 emulation, VT220 with the f-keys supported would be nice.
   The VT100 graphics character set too.
6) Flicker free color when ANSI color graphics are being displayed.
   Every terminal program I've seen has horrible flickers, flashes, and
   tears when a color combination other than 0 for background and 1 for
   text is scrolled.
7) 19,200 BPS support, full speed. (Again, a Trailblazer.)
8) Hardware handshaking support (Trailblazer again.)

So am I dreaming, or is there a program that will really do all this?
-- 
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