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Joe Campbell (jpcampb@afterlife.ncsc.mil) wrote:

> Please excuse my posting in English.  I hope that you can help me.
> NinjaTerm or Terminal were recommended to me by the KIDLINK
> coordinator in Japan. I'm attempting to use one of them for our
> 5th grade students to communicate over KIDLINK-J with students in
> Japan.  This is my first attempt to set up a computer (Macintosh LC-III)
> to be Japanese compatible and I'd be most grateful if you could answer
> a few questions and offer any advise:
>  
> 1) Is 0.98vx the current version of NinjaTerm and
>    2.2-J1-0.0.11 the current version of Terminal?
>    If not, can you tell me how to get them?
>  
My version of NinjaTerm is 97a4. Could you tell *me* where you
obtained 0.98vx? Also, I once tried Terminal, but that was 
2.1x. Would you post where you obtained the above-mentioned 
version?

> 2) Does NinjaTerm have the capability to store telephone
>    numbers and execute scripts?  (Terminal appears to
>    have this capability, but I haven't figured it out yet.)
>  

As far as I know, NinjaTerm does not have auto-login capabilities.
I remember Terminal was able to do that. I think Terminal was
more feature-packed, but I remember that I had no luck with it.
I had problem displaying characters in JIS codes (New and Old)
(it did display Shift-JIS characters), and my impression was
that it was intended for connecting to commercial networks in
Japan, not for using as terminal emulator for UNIX or VMS machines,
but I may be wrong on this. One problem with NinjaTerm is that
the only file transfer protocol supported is X-modem. NinjaTerm
draws screen very quickly, though.


> 3) On a US Mac, what is required to operate NinjaTerm 
>    or Terminal (I assume fonts are required; I could
>    install Apple's Japanese Language Kit - I think
>    that KanjiTalk would be difficult for us because
>    of the change in menus, etc.)?
>  

I am using NinjaTerm on an LCIII (System7.1-US and JLK). 
I recently installed the System Upgrade 3.0, but have no problem.
I think both NinjaTerm and Telnet have English interfaces (all
or most menu items are in English).


> As you can see, I'm confused and I'd be most grateful for any
> assistance that you might be able to provide to get me started
> and get our kids talking!
>  
> Thanks for your time,
> Joe
>  
> Dr. Campbell                           jpcampb@afterlife.ncsc.mil
> Chair, PTA Technology Committee          74040.305@CompuServe.COM
> Worthington Elementary School                        CELP@aol.com
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