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ÆöîîÇæÿ: îÄâäî ÆÄàôûÇæä ╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╬╠╧╧╬╠╬╠╡
│ I am by no means a
│ communications expert, so my
│ ┌┐ │ ideas are based on things such as
┌┬┐┌┐┌┤┌┐┌┬┐ ┌┐┌┐┼├ ┌ ┐┌┐┌┐┌┐ │ ease of use, features etc. All
│││││││├┘│││ └┐││││ │││┌┤│ ├┘ │ opinions so stated are purely my
└└└└┘└┘└┘└└└ └┘└┘┴└┘└┴┘└┘┴ └┘ │ own and so others may disagree.
┌┐┌┌┌┬┐┌┬┐┌┐┌┐┌┌ │ As there were no packages
└┐││││││││┌┤│ ││ │ mentioned that combined both fax
└┘└┘└└└└└└└┘┴ └┤ │ and modem facilities I will break
└┘ │ it into two parts - modem
ß√ ß±Φαφ Γτ⌠±Γτ │ communications and fax .
│
│
ôτΦ≥ Φ≥ α ≥⌠∞∞α±√ εσ ≤τΣ │ From asking around, the most
Æτα±Σ÷α±Σ Γε∞∞⌠φΦΓα≤Φεφ≥ ∩αΓΩαµΣ≥ │ common packages used were the
≤τα≤ ê τα⌡Σ δεεΩΣπ Φφ≤ε. ê≤ Φ≥ │ following three.
∩±ε⌡ΦπΣπ α≥ α ß±ΦΣσ µ⌠ΦπΣ ≤ε ≥ε∞Σ │
εσ ≤τΣ ∞ε±Σ ∩ε∩⌠δα± ∩αΓΩαµΣ≥ │ ≤ Σ δ Σ ∞ α ≤ Σ ₧.ÜÜ
α±ε⌠φπ. │
│ σΣα≤⌠±Σ≥
│ DOS commands while still
-DOS based, menu driven │ connected.
application │ - Supports up to 115200 baud.
- Multitasking - ie can up/down │ - Ability to log terminal
load files and be editing scripts │ sessions - good for recording for
etc. │ tax purposes.
- Supports all popular transfer │ - Keyboard is totally mappable.
protocols plus others I have │ - Modem can be put into answer or
never heard of. │ originate mode.
- Own documented script language │ - Has its own mouse driver.
for auto logons etc. │ - All display windows are user
- Built in editor │ definable in appearance. ie
- Scroll back feature which │ border colours, text colour etc.
allows you to view text that has │ - Uses about 1.4M disk space
scrolled off the screen. The size │
of the buffer is user definable. │ σα⌠δ≤≥
- Supports all popular terminal │
types. vt102, vt52, ANSI, TTY. │ - Haven't come across any major
- Macro editor. │ ones, but there are a couple of
- An exit to DOS shell or single │ minor, easily-fixed problems.
- Had to map the cursor keys in │ ≤ Σ δ Φ ≈ ¥.¢ƒ
the vt102 terminal emulation to │
operate with the system I use. │ σΣα≤⌠±Σ≥
- The help file is extensive, if │
not limited ,if you know what I │ - Very similar to Telemate, but
mean. │ is not menu driven. ^Z brings up
│ a list of major keys.
≥⌠∞∞α±√ │ - Has a modem installation
│ routine where you can get it to
- It is my pick of the group. │ support your modem exactly, if
- It is easy to use, looks very │ your modem is listed. Mine was
professional and does the job. │ not supported in this list, but
│ works in the default mode.
Remember, it is shareware, so it │ - Takes up about 850K disk space
comes with all the usual bits and │
pieces about registering etc. So │ σα⌠δ≤≥
if you like it, do the right │
thing. │ - The major problem, especially
│ noticeable after using TM is that
│ it is not menu driven, where all
functions are available from the │ costs AU$149 to get.
menu. │ - Written in Australia
│ - Comes with a list (icons) of
≥⌠∞∞α±√ │ Australian, UK, American and NZ
│ BB numbers.
- Very similar in performance to │ - Supports all popular transfer
TM. │ protocols.
- If you don't mind keystrokes │ - Supports popular terminal types
this is probably the one to use. │ - You can write your own modem
│ driver. I have yet to try this
│ but will get around to attempting
Γ ε ∞ - ∞ ε ≤ Φ ε φ │ this at a later date.
│ - Script editor
σΣα≤⌠±Σ≥ │
│ σα⌠δ≤≥
- Windows based application. │
- No dialling lists. Each number │ - Has fax facility disabled. If
is an icon which you can launch │ you are after a complete package,
directly. │ this is probably the one to get,
- A fax version is available, but │ but it is expensive.
│ version of WinFax Pro, now in
- Takes up about 3.6Meg disk │ Version 3.0.
space. │
│ It is basically the same as
≥⌠∞∞α±√ │ WinFax Pro but has a few features
│ missing. As yet I have not got a
- Have not used it much as I │ hold of a copy so have not used
prefer to use DOS, but it looks │ it to find out what it can do. I
like a very powerful and complete │ believe, and I may be wrong, that
communications package. │ some of the features missings are
│ things like editing features etc.
│
σα≈ Æεσ≤÷α±Σ │ I hope that this is of some
│ help to those who are interested.
- Unfortunately there were not │ My suggestion is to obtain copies
many shareware packages │ of each and try them out for
available. │ yourselves to determine which is
The only one mentioned, other │ the most suitable for you ñ
than Com-Motion was WinFax Lite. │
This is actually the previous │