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Article #51Re: Is there Pilot VT100 emulation? and GSM connection?
From: test
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 00:00
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>Register in advance. Otherwise it puts up the "Please register" dialog >box every other keystroke. The demo is for all intents and purposes, >non-functional because of this annoyance. If you don't want to >register without trying it first, the best choice is to find a >different terminal program. > >FWIW, I never got it to work right. It seemed very flakey, never >responding to the same comamnd the same way twice, but with the >sharware dialogs popping up every other keystroke, I couldn't tell >what I was doing, anyway. > >My recommendation would be to avoid this app. > >-Charlie Paul, I guess I got two comments. If you're planning on doing Terminal Emulation, I'd recommend against you purchasing a Pilot. I love my PalmPilot Pro but a serious Terminal Emulator it is not. Quickie Terminal stuff, okay. But for the long run...I'd recommend getting something with an 80 column screen. You might take a look at HP's new entry (300LX I believe). It's a WinCE machine that has a full 80 column screen. If you're set on the Pilot for other/additional reasons, then I have comments on Online... When I tested Online with my 28.8Kbps modem and Compuserve it worked fine. I remember getting the "Please Register" messages but don't remember it as being too often as the other Charlie mentions. Oh well... I ended up registering Online through www.pilotgear.com as they would accept my Credit Card over the phone (I'm nervous about using the Internet for purchases still). Kenny West and I guess Iain Barclay (the programmer of Online) were very fast in getting my code to me. For me, I plan to use my Pilot & Online to program Network Hubs when I'm in the field. Better than nothing which is what I had before. Charlie
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109e18,b1d96cfb1313a6a3 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e18,public X-Google-Thread: fc9bd,b1d96cfb1313a6a3 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc9bd,public X-Google-Thread: 11219a,b1d96cfb1313a6a3 X-Google-Attributes: gid11219a,public From: test@test.net (test@test.net) Subject: Re: Is there Pilot VT100 emulation? and GSM connection? Date: 1997/06/05 Message-ID: <5n5g9v$7n@nuhou.aloha.net> X-Deja-AN: 246228110 References: <3395547C.3FD3@onaustralia.com.au> <01bc7101$4a763ca0$0f02000a@dh> <5n46io$i4l@bug.rahul.net> Organization: Hawaii OnLine - Honolulu, HI Newsgroups: alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,aus.comms,comp.sys.palmtops