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From: ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan)
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Subject: Best communication program for the PC
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Date: 3 Jan 90 19:45:02 GMT
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I hate to revive a dead subject, but with the recent introduction of
Telix 3.12 and TeleMate 2.00, I'd like to get an idea of the major
pros and cons of the mainstream communication software packages out
there. In particular, what are peoples' opinions of TeleMate, Procomm,
Procomm Plus, QModem, Telix, CrossTalk, Mirror, ZComm, Pro-Yam,
Pibterm, and any others you may be using. Either followup or email me
(I'll summarize).

I'll start it off that Telix (what I have been using for a couple
weeks not) has a nice auto-zmodem download facility (like ZComm and
Pro-Yam), but lacks a little in terminal emulation (~5 types) when
compared with Procomm[PLUS]. I've also been told SALT is a better 
script language.

Which one's offer background file transfers (Mirror and ?).

If I get enough response, I'll try to tabilize the features.

						Ron
	
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