cctalk Digest, Vol 85, Issue 3

[Fred Cisin]

That is a DIFFERENT "Fred"

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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com


On Wed, 6 Oct 2021, Fred via cctalk wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 19:54:02 -0700
>> From: "Ali" <cctalk at ibm51xx.net>
>
>> Procomm was the first terminal program I used that was easy to
>> understand and work with. Of course I was using it mainly to dial BBSes
>
> I also started with ProComm Plus for DOS.   Just like WordPerfect of the
> time (5.x) I sure had all of those key sequences memorized....
>
> I think I still have a copy on my old DOS workstation that I used to use.
> Need to fire that up this winter.
>
>> With windows I actually started using ZOC which seemed to run better and
>
> Thank you for this tip.  I had an old IBM NetVista all-in-one workstation
> that I wanted to resurrect, finally did so within the last month (running
> eComStation!) , and of course needed a way to connect to other things on
> the network here.  A terminal emulator is a must. :)
>
> Installed ZOC, and now replying to this message connected to my Alpha in
> the house.  (the NetVista workstation is in the back garage....because who
> doesn't need a workstation in the garage just in case?)
>
> Now I need to see if I can find a halfway usable web browser...
>
> Fred