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- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!seanews!eskimo!johnn
- From: johnn@eskimo.com (John Navitsky)
- Subject: Misc terminal questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.181337.4995@eskimo.com>
- Keywords: Term, Memory, Sites, Handshake, Identify this term prog.
- Organization: =>ESKIMO NORTH (206) 367-3837 SEATTLE, WA.<=
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:13:37 GMT
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- Hi all,
-
- I've got a few questions that maybe someone could help me out with.
-
- I run an Amiga 2000 w/1M graphics memory and 0M other memory. After workbench
- I can barely run Term 2.4. That is, I can run it if I go directly into
- the settings menu and drop the buffer size to it's minimum. Even then, some
- things don't work. (Actually I think it's mostly phone boot and zmodem
- transfers that don't work- to be more specific, the phone book works execept
- it does not remember the date, the zmodem appears to start but then says it
- can't find the file. Now that I think of it, I belive that happens with
- Ymodem batch too) I belive this is because there is not enough memory
- but I'm not sure. I think there is typically about 20K left after term runs.
-
- So, my first question is, can anyone identify the problem above, and if they
- can is there a work around? Anyone running Term on a similar configuration?
- Is Term 2.4a or 2.5 smaller or more efficient? I really like Term and would
- like to use it, but have not been able to get it working well on my machine.
-
- Question 2: What is the ftp site where Olaf puts the Term releases?
-
- Question 3: I've been looking at other term programs (other than term) and
- not found any I've liked quite as much as term. I currently use Handshake
- 2.12. I've heard there is a newer version. Does it do Zmodem and if so,
- how well? If so, where can it be found (ftp wise)? Does it allow to override
- autobaud detection (ick). My current version of handshake hangs the modem
- after it hangs up on the autodialer. Ie, it tries to dial a number, gets a
- busy, hangs up. At this point the modem will not function at all until
- I quit handshake and re enter, where it will work again. The modem is a
- microcom QX/4232hs with a locked com rate of 19.2k.
-
- Question 4: Several years ago I say a pd or shareware terminal program that
- looked very snazzy, and functioned much differently that any others i've seen.
- It basically multitasked all it's functions. If you started a down load,
- you could still change other settings, etc. Does anyone know what this
- program was and what it's status is today? Maybe where I can get a copy?
- It was set up for BBS mostly the color graphics types and did not do VT
- type emulation.
-
- Maybe someone would be willing to put together a list of terminal progs avail
- for the amiga and a quick and dirty description of it and where it was avail
- from? Sounds like a handy thing for a FAQ posting...
-
- Well, thanks for putting up with all my questions!
-
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