This is a beta version of Pretzel, a simple Prestel terminal emulator. Existing users of the old Pretzel DA will notice that Pretzel has now become an application, and that it also has lots of news features. I haven't had time to rewrite the manual yet, but hopefully most things will be pretty much self-explanatory.
A few notes:
• You no longer need to use ResEdit to change dial strings etc (yay!). All configuration is now done through a dialog.
• The Pretzel FONTs are now optional - you only need to install them if you want to print Prestel graphics from another application.
• Dial strings and other configuration stuff is now stored in a Preferences file in your System Folder, so you don't have to worry about giving away modified your Prestel ID etc when you pass on a copy of Pretzel to a friend.
• You can now copy a screen as either graphics (like the old DA version) or as plain text (with all non ASCII characters stripped out). You can also save the current screen to a file as either graphics or text.
• Printing is now supported, but has not been thoroughly tested. NB: There may be problems using background printing or spooling if you don't install the Pretzel FONTs.
• Pretzel is now “System 7.0 savvy” to some extent. If there is any demand, I may even add a suite of Apple Events to allow users to do scripting (so you can do snazzy things like grabbing live data from Prestel periodically and pasting it into Excel, for example).
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IMPORTANT: Pretzel is “CharityWare” - as with earlier versions of the Pretzel DA, if you use Pretzel then please make a suitable donation to OXFAM or your favourite charity (say £10, or more if you can afford it). If you send me a photocopy of the receipt then I will register you as a user of Pretzel and try to keep you informed of updates etc. Also, you will feel good for having done the Right Thing. ;-)
OXFAM
274 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7DZ
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If you have any problems, questions, bug reports, etc then please contact me at any of the following:
