Subj : Terminal programs
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Apr 28 2022 17:47:10

  Re: Terminal programs
  By: Nightfox to claw on Thu Apr 28 2022 08:48 am

Ni> The first terminal program I used was Procomm Plus (I got a copy from
Ni> someone else who used it). I had also used Telix a bit, but I eventually
Ni> settled on Telemate as my favorite terminal program. I think one reason I
Ni> liked Telemate is that it had a couple of things it could do while you're
Ni> on a BBS waiting for file transfers & such - It had a CD player control so
Ni> you could play a music CD in your CD-ROM drive with it while you're on a
Ni> BBS, and I think it also had a text editor feature, where it would show a
Ni> window where you could load and edit text files while you're on a BBS. 

Yep. The terminal emulation was so-so. I'd end up going back and forth between Telemate and Telix, but still needed an old copy of Procomm Plus version 2 for work, since no one else did a decent VT102 terminal/key emulation.
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