Re: ASCII Express

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"sfahey" <sfahey@a2central.com.remove-6n6-this> wrote in message 4CDAB19C.20302.usenet_csa2@a2central.com">news:4CDAB19C.20302.usenet_csa2@a2central.com...
>  To: mojoehand
>  Re: ASCII Express
>  By: mojoehand to comp.sys.apple2 on Tue Nov 09 2010 06:29 pm
>
> > I have a still shrink wrapped copy of ASCII Express -- book 
> > and disk. I'm not sure whether I should open it and use the 
> > program or not.  I'm not particularly interested in it as a 
> > "collectable" myself. 
>
> AE Pro is a sentimental favorite of mine, but it's not really 
> a practical choice for use. Keep it shrinkwrapped. 
>
> If you need an 8bit terminal, use ProTerm or ModemMgr. There are 
> others I could recommend, but those are the top of the heap being 
> free, practical, supported and "modern" by contemporary standards. 
>
> Sean Fahey 
> www.a2central.com 

I tend to agree with Sean on this. It will be much more valuable in 
the future if you keep it shrink-wrapped, and ProTerm is my choice 
for use, but I have heard only positive responses on ModemMgr. 

Bill