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Article #1801Re: MacTerminal
From: Lewis Barnett
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1985 16:30
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1985 16:30
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> In article <2125@ut-sally.UUCP> barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) writes:
> >>
> >> [MacT] Saves comm. parameters and phone numbers in "documents" so its
> >> easy to access different remote machines.
> >...
> >I beg to differ! I've used both MacTerminal and Versaterm pretty
> >extensively, and I find VersaTerm's method for dealing with multiple
> >hosts (a menu with mnemonics for all the phone numbers you dial)
>
> I would agree with you if it weren't for the fact that Apple's method
> provides much more than phone number storage. In addition to the
> phone number you get terminal configuration. I work with seven
> different hosts, and only 3 of those use the same configuration.
> --
> Jim Budler
> Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> (408) 749-5806
> UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amdcad!jimb
> Compuserve: 72415,1200
>
Well, the same is true of Versaterm; once you've entered the phone
number, mnemonic code, and proper settings, you select "save settings,"
which preserves the association between the number and the settings
across invocations. I believe the functionality is identical to MacT's.
Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
-- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP,
{ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!barnett From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: MacTerminal Message-ID: <2147@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 12:30:43 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2147 Posted: Thu Jun 20 12:30:43 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Jun-85 03:00:37 EDT References: <2661@decwrl.UUCP> <427@linus.UUCP> <2125@ut-sally.UUCP> <1682@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 31