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From: svc@well.sf.ca.us (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: CTB Support (was Re: Terminal Softeare)
Summary: What does supporting the CTB mean?!!?
Message-ID: <16218@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 16 Feb 90 18:18:08 GMT
References: <17470@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <52138@bbn.COM> <1781@esquire.UUCP>
Reply-To: svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol)
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In article <1781@esquire.UUCP> you write:
>In article <52138@bbn.COM>, levin@bbn (Joel B Levin) writes:
>
>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 just thought I would drop a comment in here about 'Comm Toolbox
Support'.  
        Quick History Lesson: There are three MAJOR pieces to the CommToolbox
(CTB) that application can take advantage of: 1) Connection Manager, 2) 
Terminal Manager, and 3) Transfer Manager.  There are also a number of minor
pieces including such funky things as the CommResource Manager, DITLTricks and
a nifty PopUpMenu CDEF....An applicaton can use ANY OR ALL of these pieces,
they are not an all or nothing deal...

        VersaTerm/VersaTerm Pro in their latest incarnations (which are shipping
as I have seen them!) do not 'fully support' (whatever that means in this
context) the CTB, but they do indeed  support the Connection Manager and the
Transfer Manager.  Though I should also point out that Lonnie recommends that 
you use his internal routines instead of the CTB whenever possible ;-)


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