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- From: voyager@eskimo.com (Nick Rossi)
- Subject: Novaterm 9.6 release
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- Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 16:16:27 GMT
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- NOVATERM 9.6
- ------------
- Bring the telecommunications revolution
- to your Commodore 64.
-
- After many delays and headaches, I'm excited to finally announce the release
- of Novaterm 9.6!
-
- Novaterm 9.6 is available ON DISK, in either 1541 or 1581 format. It comes
- with a 90-page user's manual. The price for the disk and manual is US$29.95.
-
- ORDERING INFORMATION
-
- Send check or money order for US$29.95 to:
-
- Nick Rossi
- 10002 Aurora Ave. N. #3353
- Seattle, WA 98133 U.S.A.
-
- INTERNET CONTACTS
-
- Check out the Novaterm 9.6 web site for more information:
- http://www.eskimo.com/~voyager/novaterm.html
-
- My e-mail address is voyager@eskimo.com.
-
- NOVATERM 9.6 FEATURES
-
- Novaterm 9.6 supports the following new features:
-
- * Zmodem upload, download, auto-download, and crash recovery. Also supports
- streaming mode with the buffer.
- * Ymodem-g and Xmodem-1k-g streaming protocols with the buffer.
- * Use any RAM expansion device as the buffer: REU, BBGRam, GEORam, RAMLink
- or RAMDrive partition, C128 VDC memory.
- * "Buffer recovery" feature retains contents of the buffer between Novaterm
- sessions as long as the memory device does not lose power or get
- overwritten.
- * Text editor can read and write files directly from the buffer.
- * Supports the SwiftLink, CommPort, HART cartridge, and Daniel Dallmann's
- 9600 bps user port enhancement
- (see http://rpool1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/~etk10217/proj.html).
- * Supports the C128's fast-mode 80-column screen in terminal mode
- (25, 28, 43, and 50 line modes available).
- * C64 80-column emulation features "scroll-ahead" for better scrolling
- performance. Optionally supports a fast scroll if you have an REU.
- * Built-in ASCII translation and UUencode/decode options.
- * Built-in 80-column file viewer.
- * Reads real-time clock devices (BBRTC, CMD drives) for terminal mode clock
- display.
- * Single-menu loading of terminal emulations (finally!)
- * A step-by-step user-friendly configuration utility.
-
- Novaterm 9.6 still supports the basic feature set:
-
- * Terminal emulations: ANSI graphics, VT100/102, VT52, Standard, and
- Commodore graphics in 40 or 80 column mode.
- * Protocols: Zmodem, Ymodem batch, Ymodem-g, Xmodem-1k, Xmodem-1k-g,
- Xmodem-CRC, WXmodem, Kermit, Punter, Multi-Punter.
- * Hardware flow control for high-speed modems
- * Script language for automatic operation
- * Multiple 19-entry phone books
- * 16 user-definable macro keys
- * Miniature BBS module / answering service
- * Text editor utility with integrated script compiler
- * ASCII table editor and Font editor utility
-
- I could keep going, but you get the idea! Novaterm 9.6 supports all of the
- standard features from previous versions, but its capabilities have been
- greatly expanded.
-
- Thanks for all the support and suggestions -- the new version finally made it!
-
-
- X-within-URL:http://www.eskimo.com/~voyager/novanews.html
-
- NOVATERM 9.6
-
- --- LATE BREAKING NEWS ---
-
- 7/4/96 - NOVATERM 9.6 HAS BEEN RELEASED!
-
-
-
- You heard right! Novaterm 9.6 is officially available. You thought it
- would never happen... I thought so myself at times. It's here, and
- it's ready to ship out. Find out how to get it. The official press
- release...
-
- Seattle, WA (July 4, 1996) - Nick Rossi announced the long-awaited
- official release of Novaterm 9.6 today. With a broad range of new and
- powerful features, Novaterm 9.6 promises to remain the communications
- software of choice among Commodore users. Novaterm 9.6 offers
- significant new features that Commodore users can no longer do
- without, whether they are surfing the Internet, using on-line networks
- like GEnie and Delphi, or dialing BBS systems.
-
- For file transfers, the Zmodem protocol has been expanded to support
- uploading, downloading, and recovery of aborted downloads (often
- called "crash recovery" or "resume"). In addition, two new protocols
- have been added: Ymodem-g and Xmodem-1k-g. These are streaming
- protocols, which download data non-stop into the buffer. Zmodem upload
- and crash recovery, Ymodem-g, and Xmodem-1k-g have not been available
- on a Commodore computer until now.
-
- The functionality of the buffer has been greatly expanded. Novaterm's
- buffer now uses any memory expansion device as buffer space. Novaterm
- 9.6 includes drivers to support the REU, BBGRam, GEORam, C128 VDC
- memory, and DACC partitions in a RAMLink or RAMDrive. Using one of
- these devices provides a huge amount of memory for capturing text or
- downloading files. What's more, the contents of the buffer remain
- intact even if a user leaves Novaterm to use a different application.
- In fact, as long as the memory device is not overwritten or lose
- power, the buffer files are there when a user loads Novaterm again.
- That means a RAMLink or other powered devices will retain the buffer
- contents even if the computer is shut off. Users will no longer lose
- buffer files that they forgot to save to disk.
-
- Novaterm 9.6 allows Commodore 128 users to take advantage of the
- C128's 80-column screen. Novaterm is able to use the 80-column screen
- for terminal mode, and all of the terminal emulations may be used in
- conjunction with it: ANSI, VT100/102, VT52, and Standard. Novaterm can
- display either 25, 28, 43, or 50 lines on the 80-column screen. In
- this mode, Novaterm switches the C128 processor to 2 MHz, providing
- the fastest possible display. The speed of the 80-column emulation has
- been improved, and a special driver has been included for REU users
- that uses the REU to implement a fast scroll. The performance of
- Novaterm 9.6 in 80 columns is far superior to previous versions.
-
- Novaterm still supports the SwiftLink, of course, but other serial
- devices may also be used with Novaterm now. Performance Peripherals'
- CommPort device is supported, as well as the HART cartridge. In
- addition, Daniel Dallmann, a Commodore enthusiast from Germany, has
- devised a way to attain 9600 bps through the Commodore's user port. He
- wrote a driver for Novaterm 9.6, allowing it to reach 9600 bps without
- a cartridge.
-
- Novaterm 9.6 provides many other conveniences. It has an 80-column
- file viewer. It has ASCII translation and UUencode/decode options. It
- can read the time from real-time clock devices. It supports a complete
- scripting language for automated sessions. It comes with a text editor
- and a miniature BBS module. Especially useful to novice users is a
- user-friendly configuration utility that leads a person through the
- setup step by step.
-
- Novaterm is no longer shareware; it is now commercial software.
- Novaterm 9.6 sells for US$29.95. It comes on either a 1541 or 1581
- disk, and it is shipped with a printed user's guide.
-
- When a Commodore user group registers with a one-time US$30.00
- registration, its members become eligible to receive a 50% discount on
- purchases of Novaterm 9.6.
-
- For serious modem users, there is simply nothing better than Novaterm
- 9.6!
-
- E-mail: voyager@eskimo.com
- WWW: http://www.eskimo.com/~voyager/novaterm.html
-
-
-
-
- 6/5/96 - NOVATERM 9.6 TO BE RELEASED ON DISK
- (Cartridge project is offically dead)
-
-
-
- After months of struggling to get the Novaterm cartridge produced, I
- have decided to change course and release the software on disk
- instead. The disk version is ready, and will be available for purchase
- from me. I must apologize for all the delays and false hopes. Now that
- the complications inherent in hardware production are no longer an
- issue, distribution of Novaterm should move forward smoothly. Users
- will finally be able to enjoy all the features that have been
- anticipated over the last several months.
-
- Novaterm 9.6 has all the features people have been talking about,
- including expanded buffer capabilities, a complete Zmodem and other
- new transfer protocols, file conversion utilities, and much more.
- Please see the feature list for a complete description of the new
- software. I've been anxious to get this version released. It does
- things no other Commodore communications software has ever done!
-
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- NOVATERM 9.6
-
- Novaterm has more features than Congress has crooks!
- The green bullet o indicates a feature that is new in version 9.6.
- This is by no means an exhaustive list!
-
- Serial ports
- File transfers
- Terminal emulations
- Buffer features
- 80-column modes
- File conversions
- Other features
-
- Speedy serial ports...
-
- . Supports the SwiftLink cartridge up to 38,400 bps
- o Supports the CommPort cartridge up to 38,400 bps
- o Supports the HART cartridge up to 57,600 bps
- o Supports the user port at 9600 bps with RS232 interface
- modification
- . Supports 2400 bps through the unaided user port
-
-
-
- Emulating terminals...
-
- . ANSI color/graphics in 80 columns
- . VT102 in 80 columns
- . VT52 in 80 columns
- . Commodore color/graphics in 40 columns
- . ANSI color in 40 columns
- o Load all emulation modules from one menu now!
-
-
-
- 80-column display modes...
-
- . Soft-80 emulation on C64 (speed has been improved!)
- o Enhanced soft-80 scrolling available with a REU
- o 25- or 28-line C128 VDC 80-column mode (in "fast" mode)
-
-
-
- Grabbing files...
-
- o Zmodem upload and download
- o Zmodem resume (crash recovery)
- o Zmodem streaming (to buffer)
- o Ymodem-g and Xmodem-1k-g (to buffer)
- . Ymodem batch, Xmodem-1k, and Xmodem-CRC
- . Punter and Punter Multi-transfer
- . Kermit
- . WXmodem download
-
-
-
- Capturing text on-line...
-
- o Use any memory device for the buffer:
-
- o REU
-
- o BBGRAM
-
- o GEORAM
-
- o RAMLink partition
-
- o RAMDrive partition
-
- o C128 VDC memory
-
- . internal C64 memory
- . Capture text while on-line directly into any device
- . High-speed file transfers directly into memory
- o Buffer retains contents in powered or battery-backed devices
-
- (even with computer shut off)
-
-
-
- Converting files...
-
- . Convert ASCII text file to PETSCII
- . Convert PETSCII text file to ASCII
- . Convert PETSCII text file to Unix text file
- o UUencode files
- o UUdecode files
- o Convert files either on disk or in the buffer
-
-
-
- And other great features...
-
- o First-time configuration program for novice users
- . Script language for automatic operations
- . Full-featured Text editor with integrated script compiler
- o Text editor can load/save files from the buffer
- . Simple BBS mode - dial-in downloading
- o Reads and displays time from real-time clock devices:
-
- o BBRTC
-
- o CMD devices with RTC option
- o An all-new user's manual
-
-
-
-
- Quit reading this and go get the software!
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