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From: icsu8053@nero (Craig Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Terminal desk accessory
Summary: Get MiniTerm
Keywords: accessory, terminal, vt100
Message-ID: <3441@caesar.cs.montana.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 90 06:28:10 GMT
References: <25E74384.25975@paris.ics.uci.edu>
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In article <25E74384.25975@paris.ics.uci.edu> wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu (Wayne Ngai) writes:
>Does anyone knows of any good terminal DESK ACCESSORY (like the one come with
>the atari system disk)???
>
>
>wayne
>
>wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu

I searched long and hard for a *good* terminal desk accessory.  MiniTerm 9.32
seems to do the job.  It has very good vt100 emulation, allows for x/y/zmodem
uploads and downloads, cursor positioning with the mouse, function key assign-
ment, dialing menu and the configuration is performed by use of an editable
resource file.  I have used this program in conjunction with the MULTRAN
background downloader and it makes for an excellent combo.  Just pop up to
MiniTerm, start the download, then exit and invoke MULTRAN to download and
continue with what you were doing while it downloads.  It has a couple dis-
advantages though:  you must have a zmodem program to perform zmodem transfers
and it does not run in a window; it just takes over the screen.  I think you
can get this one from GEnie or FTP, but I can't quite remember where I got
it from - my brain is toast.
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