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Re: Proterm 3.1 upgrade

Subject: Re: Proterm 3.1 upgrade
From: fishern3485@cobra.uni.edu
Date: 18 Feb 94 09:42:55 -0600
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
References: <mtm4.48.00125E60@rsvl.unisys.com>

> Well, I just got my $40 upgrade from ProTerm 2.1 to 3.1.  It is an improvement,
> but it is also a disappointment:
> 
>  1. No automatic installer.  In these days, with Installer scripts easy to 
>     create, it is ridiculous to have to hand copy a dozen files from the
>     product diskette to one's hard drive.
> 
>  2. Very error prone installation.  If you forget to create an empty directory

I saw the demo for 3.1.  Other than the mouse interface, the thing is
a step BACKWARD from the legendary ease of use 2.1 has. (it beats the
pants off anything I've seen on an IBM, with its only close competition
on the IBM being Qmodem)  I have *no* plans to upgrade.

--
Nathan Fisher
  FISHERN3485@COBRA.UNI.EDU

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  - From: mtm4@rsvl.unisys.com (Mike McCormick)

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