Procomm Questions...
Son Nguyen
Unix operating system. It works fine but somehow I don't know how
to down-load or to up-load files. I press keys "alt-F10" to see
a help menu. In the help menu, it says that I must press "Pgup" and
"Pgdown" keys to either send or receive files. I follow the instruction
but somehow I fail to succeed. Does anyone have any idea to do so ?
I would appreciate very much if you give me some hints.
Thanks again.
M.B.BRILLIANT
> I have a public domain software "Procomm"....
Stop right there. Procomm 2.4.2, which is the latest as far as I know,
is shareware, not public domain. Public domain means not copyrighted.
Shareware is copyrighted, and anybody is allowed to give copies to
others to try out for a reasonable time, but if you continue to use it
you are required to pay for it.
Since I'm still trying out Procomm 2.4.2, and haven't paid for it yet,
I would be interested in knowing whether there is really a version I
wouldn't have to pay for. So far my alternatives to Procomm 2.4.2 are
versions of Qmodem and Telix that cost even more to register, but it's
all a matter of price/performance ratio!
M. B. Brilliant Marty
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RAMontante
-<13...@arctic.nprdc.arpa>, sng...@nprdc.arpa (Son Nguyen) writes:
-> I have a public domain software "Procomm"....
-
-Stop right there. Procomm 2.4.2, which is the latest as far as I know,
-is shareware, not public domain. Public domain means not copyrighted.
-Shareware is copyrighted, and anybody is allowed to give copies to
-others to try out for a reasonable time, but if you continue to use it
-you are required to pay for it.
I don't believe any version of Procomm was ever in the public domain, although
the copyright holders, Datastorm Technologies (nee' PIL Technologies) may not
have much remaining interest in versions prior to v2.4.2.
v2.4.2 has been supplanted by Procomm Plus, which is out in a demo version.
(This is on the border between "shareware" and straight commercial
products, in my opinion, although I still like the idea.)
Bob Forbes Harrison
to supports. But, once you are ready to Up or Down load your program and
have pressed the PageUp or PageDown key, you should be presented with a
menu of protocol choices. Choice the one that matches what your Unix host is
using. (Kermit or wh(oops)
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After you choose your protocol, you will be presented with a box that asks
you for the file name that you are downloading or uploading (you won't be
asked this with protocols that do this part for you). When you type in the
name you must include the subdirectory and drive specs, i.e.:
C:\upload\program.arc
Then let procomm do it's thing. That's really all there is to it. The hardest
part is making sure that both you and the host are "speaking the same language"
Bob
Bob F. Breedlove
I have seen Procom 2.4.3 on several boards here in California. I
wondered if it was a "trojan", but was assured by the sysop of one
of the boards that he had checked it out with Datastorm's BBS
itself. The new release includes Ymodem-g among some other
changes.
--
Bob Breedlove SYSOP: BOBsBBS (916/929-7511)
pacbell!sactoh0!bfbreedl
Andy Silverman
>In article <16...@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, bob...@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) writes:
>>
>> v2.4.2 has been supplanted by Procomm Plus, which is out in a demo version.
>> (This is on the border between "shareware" and straight commercial
>> products, in my opinion, although I still like the idea.)
>
>Datastorm and while it is unlikely there may be one more "maintenance
>release". Procomm Plus is a commercial package based on Procomm but
>with a much greater suite of features, there was a "test drive" version
>of Procomm Plus but I believe it was crippled in some way (the copy I
>had certianly was, I just never figured out if it was intentional on
>the part of Datastorm).
Here's the final word on Procomm:
Procomm 2.4.2 has just been replaced by 2.4.3, now available on SIMTEL-20
and elsewhere. Procomm Plus is an enhanced version of Procomm. Procomm
2.4.3 costs about $50 to register, and is available as shareware.
Procomm Plus version 1.1A costs about $90, I think, and is only available
with payment. There are brain-damaged versions of Procomm Plus available
called "Test Drives" which are available as shareware, but they do not have
the full functionality of Procomm Plus, where as 2.4.3 is a fully working
version (real shareware).
Andy Silverman
Internet: sil...@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
CompuServe: 72261,531
Christopher Schanck
>I have seen Procom 2.4.3 on several boards here in California. I
>itself. The new release includes Ymodem-g among some other
How about Zmodem?
Chris
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Maurice Thaler
Actually I think PROCOMM 2.4.3 has XMODEM-1K-G, not YMODEM-G. They just
chose to mislabel it again.
Maurice Thaler SYSOP Audio Projects BBS (608) 836-9473
SYSOP Power Board BBS (608) 222-8842
Andy Silverman
>
>What capabilities do the Test Drive versions of PCPLUS lack?
>
Well, the Test Drive includes only minimal documentation, a smaller file
transfer buffer, and the keyboard remapping facility is not included. Also,
every time you use it you have to go through an annoying advertisement page.
The full blown version is really much much better. Test Drive is an
appropriate name.
sac9...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Not only is the Full (Commercial) version more feature-laden, but it has
fewer bugs! Of course, the latest release of PCPLUSTD (9/88?) claims to
have fixed them, as well...