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From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Terminal Softeare
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Date: 14 Feb 90 15:14:30 GMT
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In-reply-to: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin)

In article <52138@bbn.COM>, levin@bbn (Joel B Levin) writes:
>Check out Versaterm.  Excellent VT100 emulation (and others which I
>don't use), and on a standard Mac II 13" monitor you can have a 24x80
>character window using most of the screen with a larger font, or you
>can use a smaller font and have whatever width and height fits the
>screen.  A three-month-old MacConnection ad shows it selling for $89
>(plus $3 shipping).
>
>I am a satisfied user of Versaterm 3.2 with no other connection to the
>product or its author and publisher.

I second the recommendation.  Especially if you don't need the
full-blown Tektronix support in Versaterm-PRO, it's a steal at about
$90 mailorder.

There's a v4.1 shipping soon, with full support for the Comm. Toolbox
(it's included), as well as VT220 emulation, including double-high,
double-width characters and a menu for the function keys (useful to
those who don't have the Saratoga keyboard).

I've been using it for years, and have never had a problem or
complaint.  Support is excellent, upgrades ship regularly and are
reasonably priced (the 4.1 upgrade was $20 for new software and new
manuals, shipping included).  And I don't have to suffer the "Scott's
just uploaded the latest version of White Knight to Genie to fix 12
bugs that should have been found in beta-test" syndrome.

The only drawback Versaterm has is that it does not yet support ZMODEM
(although it does support YMODEM and Kermit for text/binary/MacBinary
transfers).  This hasn't been a problem for me, since I use Ray Lau's
excellent QuickB DA when dealing with CServe.  But I could imagine
that it might be a drawback for others.

Someone else posted that Versaterm crashed once an hour; you should
call Synergy and describe the hardware/software combination you're
running it on.  I've never had Versaterm crash or bomb in any way, and
I run with all sorts of crazy INITs and cdevs.

Standard disclaimer:  I'm just a very satisfied customer.

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