Re: Proterm woes

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Paul Grammens writes ...
> 
> Rubywand writes ...
> 
> >      As far as I know, the only IIgs telecom wares which support Zmodem are
> > Spectrum, ProTERM 3.1, AnsiTerm 2.x, and Modem MGR. There is, also, a telecom
> > tools package called "Modem Works".
> >
> >      There do not seem to any freeware, shareware, or public domain Apple II
> > telecom programs which support Zmodem.
> >
> 
> I've been using Agate, a shareware Apple II com program that supports
> Zmodem. It doesn't automatically download, though, you have to initiate
> the zmodem transfer on the other machine, then press Apple-key + Z. Then
> it will download a file or a series of files in the normal fashion.
> Agate is available in the archives.
 ....

     That sounds like a good alternative to using one of the X or Ymodem freeware
programs. No auto-recognition is not so bad-- I used Spectrum (and HyperTerm on
the PC) like that for years until Jeff Blakeney mentioned they would
automatically start downloading for a Zmodem transfer.



Rubywand