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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Looking for good (usable?) term program for OS/2 2.0
- Keywords: terminal, os2, 2.0, 32-bit
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.024239.11447@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 02:42:39 GMT
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <By56pL.LDJ@access.digex.com> mattm@access.digex.com (Matt Mosley) writes:
- >I've been looking around, and had no luck so far.
- >The "Softerm" that comes with OS/2 2.0 is *really* pitiful.
-
- Actually, it is free, and, compared to the competition in the world of
- bundled communications software with major operating
- systems/environments, I'll take Softerm over Windows Terminal any day.
-
- I would not discount it out of hand. It does everything through
- YModem, the VT-100 emulation is darn good, and every key can be
- remapped as desired. It lacks scripting, Zmodem, and has an annoying
- habit of not being friendly for multitasking, but it isn't too shabby.
-
- >What I'm looking for is a terminal that supports vt100 emulation (TRUE
- >vt100, with backspace instead of ^H) and, preferably, zmodem. Backscroll
- >would be nice, too.
- >I don't want anything that's GUI. Reason? Because it slows it down
- >considerably, especially at 14400 baud. The graphical text can't display
- >as fast as a plain old text window can. Full-screen is also NECESSARY -
- >no pitiful little 80-columns-in-1-inch windows.
- >Does anything like this exist, or am I looking for too much?
-
- On the shareware side, check out TE/2, available via anonymous ftp
- from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. On the commercial side I would highly
- recommend HyperAccess/5. That's the package I use, and I am very
- pleased with it.
-
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