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From: tempest@csuchico.EDU (Kenneth Lui)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MicroPhone II v2.0 & v3.0 comments
Keywords: MicroPhone modem telecommunications
Message-ID: <1157@csuchico.EDU>
Date: 26 Jan 89 20:06:41 GMT
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Organization: California State University, Chico
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I'm glad to see that someone who's actually involved with the development
of MicroPhone II is on the network. I was at the MacWorld Expo last weekend
and was surprised to see the Software Ventures booth at Moscone Center
rather than Brooks Hall (an apparent error in the exposition program...so I
was told).

I got a chance to test out Zmodem--the person was nice enough to let me
dial out to my university (indirectly, via a local call, of course). Here's
what happened: it didn't work. Apparently, the Alpha version that was
being demoed at the show floor does not have an option to receive ordinary
binary files. The only two major choices were TEXT or MacBinary. The
transfer ended after MP II v3.0 tried to interpret the MacBinary header.
Since I dialed up my campus' Unix machine and not a Mac, all it sent were
plain binary files. The representative assured me that this minor problem
will be corrected when v3.0 is released this April; I hope so. The
auto-downloading feature worked great, however.

Sending appears to work, but the resultant binary file had the MacBinary
header, so I couldn't test its integrity (it was a compressed file).

I've some questions and comments about the upcoming release of MicroPhone II:

1. Has any of the scripting limits been increased? Things like maximum
number of lines per script, and so on.

2. Will it be possible to implement an option to have the cursor *not*
flash? The annoying thing with the cursor (and text) is that it doesn't get
updated fast enough when doing quick typing. What I mean is if I were to
auto-repeat a key at 2400bps, the characters (as well as the cursor) would not
echo until I've released that key. I checked the Alpha version and it
appears that this option was not even considered.
**This quirk is very annoying!!** This problem started appearing when I
switched from using System 5.0 to System 6.0.2.

Any comments?
Thanks in advance,

Ken
tempest@csuchico.EDU