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From: dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix,comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: MLINK
Summary: yes, I've used MLINK, its okay...
Message-ID: <976@rna.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 90 07:34:14 GMT
References: <498@avcocan.UUCP>
Organization: Rockefeller University - Neurobiology
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In article <498@avcocan.UUCP> you write:
>
>Has anyone had experience with Corporate Microsystems Inc's MLINK and
>MLINK Polling Manager?  Your comments would be most welcome.  Please
>e-mail me.  Thanks.

	Yes, I've used MLINK. But on a MVAX II running Ultrix, not a
Xenix machine.
	It seemed to work okay, but its a little kludgey. It is programmable
and has its own (not very elegant) language. But it does get the job done,
more or less. That is, if you need a programmable non-trivial communications 
system. I certainly wouldn't get it for the terminal emulation and simple
comm program features. We used it to poll (via crontab) a subscription data
service for daily stock prices.

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