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Re: looking for a terminal program

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From: David S. Comay
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1987 13:30
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In article <372@auscso.UUCP> mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) writes:
>I feel that VT Pro is overpriced in relation to Versaterm.  Either Versaterm
>should be more expensive, or VT Pro should be much cheaper.  Preferably, 
>Versaterm should come in one flavor: VT Pro, which should ideally cost $100
>or less.

that's my big complaint about versaterm pro as well ... it sure seems
overpriced.  i believe the current price is actually $299 which isn't
too bad considering what it does (especially the 4105 emulation) and
how much terminals still cost these days.  still the idea of paying
about $300 for a terminal emulator makes me uneasy.

>One program you should keep away from at all costs is MacTerminal.  It's gar-
>bage.  Took forever to write, and they STILL haven't gotten it right.  But
>it has that Apple logo, so of course sells quite well.   

i disagree ... although it isn't fancy and it hasn't changed for a
number of releases, it does have a very good vt100 emulaton (at least
up to 2400 baud ... haven't tried it higher) and i haven't had any
problems using it with the `standard' vt100 termcap supplied with 4.3
bsd.  i think macterminal is a fine choice if one is only interested in
good terminal emulation and the occasional download/upload.

my choice ... oh, `uw' with a xmodem disk accessory.

dsc

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From: dsc@izimbra.CSS.GOV (David S. Comay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: looking for a terminal program
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Date: Wed, 23-Sep-87 09:30:15 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 23 09:30:15 1987
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Organization: the billy bragg appreciation society
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Keywords: versaterm expensive macterminal vt100 4105
Summary: versaterm is nice but too expensive & macterminal isn't that bad