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Re: Best modem program w/VT102 and zmodem transfers?

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From: Mark Boyd
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 02:54
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>>Try unicom.  It is a shareware program that I beleive you can ftp from
>>ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  It is a great program.

Unicom is a windows, not DOS, program. It is also the most obnoxious
nagware I ever had the displeasure to try. It may be a 'great program'
to you. To me it was a lesson in how quickly a windows program can
be trashed.

	Mark

PS The best DOS VT emulator is mskermit. Period. I like qmodem for
some of its flashy stuff, but it is a lousy VT emulator! So are all
the other major shareware terminal programs that I have tried ( every
one I know of, and I've been looking and trying since CP/M days). 

RBCOMM and COMMO are pretty good. Kermit is better. My solution? Right
now I'm shelled out of qmodem and running mskermit. If I want the
flash or to do zmodem, I just exit kermit back into qmodem.  I use
qmodem for things that don't need a good VT emulator and shell out
into kermit for those that do.
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