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  • Best Apple II Terminal Program

    From QBiN@80:774/98 to All on Thu Nov 12 21:01:39 2020
    Just polling all the Apple fans out there. As a new-to-me Apple IIe and IIgs owner, what is the best terminal program available for dialing BBS's on
    those two systems?

    ProDOS is fine. GS/OS could be interesting. Hopefully something that understands ANSI. Regardless, what do people regard as the best term
    programs out there for the 8/16bit Apple world?

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  • From QBiN@80:774/81 to QBiN on Sat Jan 2 04:48:53 2021
    Not a very active Apple II retro crowd I take it. Hmm.

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  • From Richard Menedetter@80:774/18 to QBiN on Sat Jan 2 10:59:18 2021
    bout them ...

    CU, Ricsi

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    bout them ...

    CU, Ricsi

    ... A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Bacon
    --- GoldED+/LNX
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  • From NuSkooler@80:774/20 to QBiN on Sat Jan 2 12:48:11 2021

    On Saturday, January 2nd QBiN was heard saying...
    Not a very active Apple II retro crowd I take it. Hmm.

    I used a Apple II for years, but don't currently own one. Everything Apple II for me is currently emulated mostly via microm8.


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  • From 8-Bit@80:774/80 to QBiN on Sat Jan 2 14:59:29 2021
    Doesn't mean we can't start making it active.

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  • From Bob Roberts@80:505/15 to 8-Bit on Mon Jan 4 17:45:38 2021
    Re: Re: Best Apple II Terminal Program
    By: 8-Bit to QBiN on Sat Jan 02 2021 02:59 pm

    Doesn't mean we can't start making it active.

    Mmmm. Lets play Orgeon Trail and Lemonade Stand!

    Anyone remember the "LOGO" language?

    HIDE TURTLE
    SHOW TURTLE

    ... thats all I remember.

    Bob Roberts
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  • From Richard Menedetter@80:774/18 to Bob Roberts on Tue Jan 5 10:24:20 2021
    Hi Bob!

    04 Jan 2021 17:45, from Bob Roberts -> 8-Bit:

    Mmmm. Lets play Orgeon Trail and Lemonade Stand!

    I played Oregon Trail the first time a few months ago.
    on archive.org in my browser.

    Anyone remember the "LOGO" language?

    You are getting old :)
    Had it on my C64.

    CU, Ricsi

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  • From QBiN@80:774/81 to Bob Roberts on Wed Jan 6 02:12:32 2021
    Anyone remember the "LOGO" language?
    HIDE TURTLE
    SHOW TURTLE
    ... thats all I remember.

    Wow... that's a blast from the past. Last time I used LOGO was in grade school on an IBM PCjr in the early 80's!

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  • From Bob Roberts@80:505/15 to QBiN on Tue Jan 5 22:00:22 2021
    Re: Re: Best Apple II Terminal Program
    By: QBiN to Bob Roberts on Wed Jan 06 2021 02:12 am

    Anyone remember the "LOGO" language?

    Wow... that's a blast from the past. Last time I used LOGO was in grade
    school
    on an IBM PCjr in the early 80's!

    Me too! Except it was on Apple //. It was maybe elementry school, some sort of summer school program my mom enrolled me in. A computer class or something.
    And the programming part was to learn LOGO and draw shapes and crap. We would use it to draw a million circles.

    Rememberberries!



    Bob Roberts
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  • From grymmjack@80:774/81 to QBiN on Thu Jan 28 00:39:01 2021
    Just polling all the Apple fans out there. As a new-to-me Apple IIe and IIgsowner, what is the best terminal program available for dialing BBS's onthose two systems?

    ProTERM I bet!

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  • From grymmjack@80:774/81 to NuSkooler on Thu Jan 28 00:43:10 2021
    I used a Apple II for years, but don't currently own one. Everything
    Apple IIfor me is currently emulated mostly via microm8.

    I use virtual ][ on macos and AppleWin on windows.

    is there a good Linux apple emulator?

    I wish I could understand KeGS and the other GS emu but it doesn't seem to work.

    Most recently I have been questing for getting GBBS Pro installed on Virtual ][
    - I always wanted to be a SysOp but was stuck with AsciiExpress remotes back in the day. I tried to get GBBS ][ working but my DOS version of that was hosed. Anyway ... memories!

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  • From Wizard1969@80:505/6 to QBiN on Sat Feb 27 23:13:18 2021
    Have you seen TELNET65? It works with the Uthernet card.

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  • From abbub@80:774/20 to QBiN on Tue Mar 16 21:34:56 2021
    Did you find a terminal that deserves the 'best' title? I've been using Proterm on my Apple IIc, but it forces 80-column mode, which only looks good when I have the apple ii plugged into a 1084S (sacrilege!). I'd actually like to find something that works with 40-column mode so I can use it with a composite to vga adapter. (1084S is great, but desk space is limited.)

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  • From Wizard1969@80:505/6 to abbub on Wed Apr 21 23:17:07 2021
    80 columns does not look good on the Apple IIc monitor (the little green one)?

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  • From goto_KCM@80:774/111 to Wizard1969 on Fri Apr 23 14:04:10 2021
    80 columns does not look good on the Apple IIc monitor (the little green one)?

    Ok, which software would be a good terminal programm? Didn't receive the
    former messages.

    Regards
    Andreas

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  • From PalKat@80:505/6 to goto_KCM on Tue Oct 19 21:14:05 2021
    I am writing this on an Apple //gs using MegaTerm with full Ansi! One down side is the arrow keys do not work so using certain menus is very hard. LOL

    Just thought I would chime in being the subject fit my current connection.

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