SanTerial is a program used to transfer information through the modem port or the printer port. The program is very easy to use and requires only a modest amount of memory.
The program needs System 7, The program does not check for anything: operating system, type of computer, amount of ROM, nothing! I have tested the program in system 6.0.7 and the transfer part of the program works, but the setting section does not work at all.
The settings section does not work becuase I use a type of control (a control is a button, scroll bar, check box, or radio button) that did not exists before system 7 (well, it existed in the communication tool box). Theoretically, the program will work on a system 6 machine with the comm-tool box activated.
The program has full online balloon help, with the added bonus of numerous misspellings.
If you would like to see the text you are transfering, hold the option key while choosing an item from the file menu. A non-movable scrolling window appears and is in any font and size you choose. It took a lot of work to do, so use it often.
I use this program with a Tandy WP2, a small note book sized word processor. The cable I use is a mini DIN 8 (mac end) male to a RS-232 DB-9 (WP2 end) female null modem cable. The null modem part is very important, or else you wont be able to send or receive anything.
The program is still in beta stage of developement, so if the program erases your hard drive, its not my fault. Please send any bug reports to: Akaba (America OnLine account name) or mail them to:
Tim Lindner
The Dive (a software company)
P.O. Box 121
Patterson, CA 95363
The name of the program came through the phrase, "Transerial", meaning through the serial port.
