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From: silver@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Andy Silverman)
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Subject: Re: Public Domain Procomm?
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Date: 5 Feb 89 18:37:14 GMT
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In article <392@ontenv.UUCP> soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) writes:
>In article <16935@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes:
>> 
>> v2.4.2 has been supplanted by Procomm Plus, which is out in a demo version.
>> (This is on the border between "shareware" and straight commercial
>> products, in my opinion, although I still like the idea.)
>
>My understanding is that Procomm V.2.4.2 is still being supported by
>Datastorm and while it is unlikely there may be one more "maintenance
>release". Procomm Plus is a commercial package based on Procomm but 
>with a much greater suite of features, there was a "test drive" version 
>of Procomm Plus but I believe it was crippled in some way (the copy I 
>had certianly was, I just never figured out if it was intentional on 
>the part of Datastorm). 
Here's the final word on Procomm:
Procomm 2.4.2 has just been replaced by 2.4.3, now available on SIMTEL-20
and elsewhere.  Procomm Plus is an enhanced version of Procomm.  Procomm
2.4.3 costs about $50 to register, and is available as shareware.
Procomm Plus version 1.1A costs about $90, I think, and is only available
with payment.  There are brain-damaged versions of Procomm Plus available
called "Test Drives" which are available as shareware, but they do not have
the full functionality of Procomm Plus, where as 2.4.3 is a fully working
version (real shareware).


Andy Silverman
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