ProTerm 3.1 Upgrade

[mtm4@rsvl.unisys.com (Mike McCormick)]

Sorry, previous message with this Subject was a premature e-transmission! 

As I started to say, I am a little miffed with the way my proterm upgrade
(from 2.1 to 3.1) went:

1. Manually copying a dozen or so files to the hard drive.  There should
   be an INSTALLER on the product disk.

2. Error prone install.  I accidentally forgot to create the required
   empty (!) directory PT3.DIAL during the hand installation.  This leads
   to mysterious error messages when you try to execute PT3.  The only
   way to make the diagnostic message go away is a hard reset!

3. Hand rolled windows.  Glad to finally have mouse support, but why not 
   have a ProTerm GS that uses real windows.  The simulated windows are
   hard to read and slower and monochrome.

4. Unless I missed it, there is no longer a copy buffer in 3.1.  Can this
   really be true?  I used the copy buffer quite alot as a place to create
   a message offline in the editor, then upload it to a BBS.

5. Conversion of dialing list and macros from Proterm 2.x.  First, it is
   hard to figure out how to even get 3.1 to run the PT3.CONVERT macro since
   it does not appear in the macro list.  Once I figured it out, it worked
   fairly well.  But I should not have to do a conversion!  PT3 should have
   an Installer script that automatically detects the presence of PT2 files
   and converts them for me without me ever knowing about it!

6. Loss of modem init string.  PT3 does not seem to remember my init string,
   nor did PT3.CONVERT go find it for me in the PT2 files.  Do I really have
   to try and remember what it was, or what file it lives in, and manually
   reinsert it in PT3?  I don't remember what it was anymore!

7. Forced reinstallation of modem, printer, and slots.  It is silly at best
   to have to go through all those dialog boxes again on upgrade.  PT3 
   should use the configuration files that are in place from PT2.

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