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  • The future is here

    From Nightfox@46:1/150 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 12 22:38:34 2019
    Re: The future is here
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Tiny on Thu Jan 10 2019 08:39 am

    Back when I was downloading over 14.4 with Telix, being able to write something in the SK text editor was a lifesaver.

    Telemate came around a little later and had some cool built-in apps, but its emulation wasn't as good as Telix (which had scripting) or Procomm Plus (which had scripting and full VT102/VT220 support)

    I started out with Procomm Plus and thought it was decent. I liked Telix too, though Telemate became my favorite BBS comm app for DOS. I didn't realize its emulation wasn't as good as the other 2, but I don't recall having any problems with Telemate. If I recall, Telemate had scripting too.. I remember making a couple scripts for Telemate to help with some tasks on a couple BBSes.

    Nightfox
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  • From DaiTengu@46:1/193 to Nightfox on Sun Jan 13 08:54:03 2019
    Re: The future is here
    By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 12 2019 10:38 pm

    I started out with Procomm Plus and thought it was decent. I liked Telix too, though Telemate became my favorite BBS comm app for DOS. I didn't realize its emulation wasn't as good as the other 2, but I don't recall having any problems with Telemate. If I recall, Telemate had scripting too.. I remember making a couple scripts for Telemate to help with some tasks on a couple BBSes.

    I was always partial to Terminate. I think I used Telix for awhile before I discovered it, but once Terminate came into the picture, there was no turning back.

    DaiTengu

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  • From Lefty@46:1/169 to DaiTengu on Wed Jan 16 05:54:25 2019
    Re: The future is here
    By: DaiTengu to Nightfox on Sun Jan 13 2019 08:54 am

    I was always partial to Terminate. I think I used Telix for awhile before I discovered it, but once Terminate came into the picture, there was no turning back.

    Terminate was the last one I used for DOS. I don't remember using too many of the features, but it was the one all the cool kids were raving about, so I went along with them.

    The very last one though was either Telix or Qmodem for Windows. I know I had both installed but just used one, but now I can't remember which. It was probably Qmodem because I also ran Wildcat and was partial to Mustang. Whichever one it was had RIP and that was the only time I ever used that as my default on boards that had it. Looking back, that was probably only for a few months, but it felt like much longer back then.
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  • From Digital Avatar@46:1/145 to Tiny on Tue Jan 22 21:37:03 2019
    on 01/11/19, Tiny said...

    Quoting poindexter FORTRAN to Tiny <=-

    Telemate came around a little later and had some cool built-in apps, but its emulation wasn't as good as Telix (which had scripting) or Procomm Plus (which had scripting and full VT102/VT220 support)

    I ended up just being a Qmodem Pro guy. ;) However waaaay later I did
    discover Procomm Plus.

    In my case it was Procomm Plus -> Commo -> Qmodem Pro -> Telix -> Telemate.

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