Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-ncis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!ucsd!nprdc!malloy From: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Request for poll of ten best/worst Message-ID: <1284@skinner.nprdc.arpa> Date: 6 Jan 89 14:58:03 GMT References: <210@imspw6.UUCP> <216100074@trsvax> Reply-To: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy) Organization: Navy Personnel R&D Center, San Diego Lines: 18 In article <216100074@trsvax> johnm@trsvax.UUCP writes: >My only additions to your list of "bests" would be: > >Telix 3.11 - This is the most incredible piece of shareware I have ever had a >chance to use and as a telecom package it leaves Procomm+ in its dust. I got a copy of Telix to look over -- and wiped it off my disk fifteen minutes later as being worthless. Why? My modem is on COM4. Telix, in its infinite wisdom, requires the modem to be either COM1 or COM2. I agree that Telix is an incredible piece of software . . . but not in the sense that you mean. Certainly it's not worth calling one of the "best" products of the year. Sean Malloy Navy Personnel Research & Development Center San Diego, CA 92152-6800 malloy@nprdc.arpa