What are popular term programs for the IIgs and //e?

Payton Byrd

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Jun 13, 2013, 11:58:34 PM6/13/13

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I know everyone has their favorite, but what are the most popular term programs for the IIgs and the //e? Were there any for the IIgs that did full color ANSI graphics?

Thanks!
Payton

Ewen

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Jun 14, 2013, 2:12:01 AM6/14/13

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Payton,

> I know everyone has their favorite, but what are the most popular
> term programs for the IIgs and the //e? Were there any for the IIgs
> that did full color ANSI graphics?

My choice for obvious reasons is Spectrum, and it did indeed do full
colour ANSI graphics, thanks to a driver written by Richard Bennett.

It also does full colour graphics for the now defunct Prestel service.

After many years as a commercial program, Spectrum is now FreeWare, and
amongst all my other programs, can be downloaded from my website:

http:// www.wannop.info/speccie/

Cheers - Ewen

Michael J. Mahon

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Jun 14, 2013, 2:27:17 AM6/14/13

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ProTerm was my favorite.

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon

Ivan X

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Jun 14, 2013, 2:58:44 AM6/14/13

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I lived and died in ASCII Express for many years in the mid-to-late 80's. It had a steep learning curve but was quite powerful, IIRC. (Once upon a time, I had the patience to sit and read manuals.) But now I use ProTERM, since I doubt I could remember how to use AE if I tried.

Also, I don't know if AE ever emulated the ubiquitous VT-100. I know that whatever version I had didn't, and it was a major issue because many dialup services required it for any kind of screen formatting. What I remember being so important about ProTERM was that it could emulate VT-100, though I never actually used ProTERM before eventually switching to a Mac.

I also used a plethora of Novation Apple-Cat specific programs. Com-Ware, Catsend, Cat-Fur, and MegaTerm (a hi-res term program!) are what I remember.

Sean Fahey

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Jun 14, 2013, 9:01:06 AM6/14/13

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On Thursday, June 13, 2013 10:58:34 PM UTC-5, Payton Byrd wrote:

> I know everyone has their favorite, but what are the most popular term programs for the IIgs and the //e? Were there any for the IIgs that did full color ANSI graphics?

IIGS: Spectrum, ANSITerm (commercial still)
IIe/c: ProTerm, Modem.MGR

D Finnigan

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Jun 14, 2013, 9:13:42 AM6/14/13

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I like using DCOM because it's so simple as a VT-100 Unix terminal.

BLuRry

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Jun 17, 2013, 11:30:28 AM6/17/13

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On Thursday, June 13, 2013 10:58:34 PM UTC-5, Payton Byrd wrote:

I always personally prefered Z-Term and AGate. AGate used double-hires graphics to represent ANSI characters so it made it possible for me to jump on MeSsy-Dos boards long ago. I think I used ZTerm mainly for ZModem capabilities but I can't remember why else other than it had cool menus that made it pretty easy to use.

-B

Nootrac90

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Jun 17, 2013, 1:39:10 PM6/17/13

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On Thursday, June 13, 2013 11:58:34 PM UTC-4, Payton Byrd wrote:

I use ZLink on my //c. It is really easy to use and set up.
Thanks,

BLuRry

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Jun 19, 2013, 1:48:24 PM6/19/13

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ZLink, that's the name! Yeah, I like Z-link. It is very clean and pretty stable.

-B

Sheppy

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Jun 26, 2013, 3:11:43 PM6/26/13

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On 2013-06-14 06:27:17 +0000, Michael J. Mahon said:

> ProTerm was my favorite.

ProTERM was my favorite as well, although Spectrum is up there as well.
Both are crazy good, I was just far too used to ProTERM by the time
Spectrum came out to switch. :)

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Eric Shepherd (Sheppy)
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